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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 122, Issue -, Pages 308-313Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.12.075
Keywords
Rice-husk; Cellulose nanofibers (CNFs); Nanocellulose; Fluorescence; Biocompatibility; Thermal degradation
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- DBT, Govt. of India [BT/258/NE/TBP/2011]
- Tezpur University [TU/Fin/P/12-13/05]
- UGC, India [TU/Fin/MBBT/116/05/11-12/64]
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Cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) with high crystallinity and purity were isolated from two endemic rice husk varieties using a hydrothermal approach followed by acid-alkali treatments and mechanical disruption. The CNFs isolated had a mean diameter of similar to 35 nm. The TGA and DTG profiles showed good thermostability of the CNFs. The CNFs also showed a prominent photoluminescence peak at 404 nm with high quantum yield (similar to 58%). This is the first report on the native fluorescence property of nanocellulose in absence of any conjugated fluorescence molecule/dye. The CNFs further demonstrated appreciable hemocompatibility in the hemolysis test, exhibiting its potential for biomedical applications. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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