Characterisation of Cellulose Nanofibres Derived from Chemical and Mechanical Treatments

Martini, Muhamad and Hornsby, Peter and Carmichael, Eugene and Muhammad, Zakaria and Seok, Yew Been and Mohamed, Saiful and Sharma, Shekhar (2019) Characterisation of Cellulose Nanofibres Derived from Chemical and Mechanical Treatments. In: International Conference on Materials Science and Manufacturing Engineering (MSME), 08-10 Nov 2018, Paris, France.

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Abstract

Optimised routes have been established to obtain high aspect ratio cellulose microfibrils derived from plant feedstocks, involving a combination of a chemical and mechanical treatment using a high pressure microfluidizer. By this means, nano-cellulose was produced using different pretreatment protocols. The nanofibres produced were characterised for its particle size distribution measurement (laser diffraction and zeta potential analysis) and fourier transform infrared for its structural analysis. Results obtained and subsequent trends observed in chemical, mechanical and chemo-mechanical treated nanofibres were compared and contrasted. The chemomechanical treatment (TEMPO-oxidation and high pressure microfluidisation) yielded higher aspect ratio nanofibrils than nanofibrils made by solely chemical or mechanical treatment.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects: T Technology > T Technology (General)
T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions: Faculty of Innovative Design & Technology
Depositing User: Muhammad Akmal Azhar
Date Deposited: 01 Feb 2021 04:15
Last Modified: 01 Feb 2021 04:15
URI: http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/id/eprint/2577

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