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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 171, Issue -, Pages 193-201Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.05.024
Keywords
Cellulose nanocrystals; Metallic nanoparticles; Nanocomposites; Thermal stability; Biopolymers; Activation energy
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- Basque Country Government [IT718-13]
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Due to the potential of CNC-based flexible materials for novel industrial applications, the aim of this work is to improve the thermal stability of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) films through a straightforward and scalable method. Based of nanocomposite approach, five different metallic nanoparticles (ZnO, SiO2, TiO2, Al2O3 and Fe2O3) have been co-assembled in water with CNCs to obtain free-standing nanocomposite films. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) reveals an increased thermal stability upon nanoparticle. This increase in the thermal stability reaches a maximum of 75 degrees C for the nanocomposites having 10 wt% of Fe2O3 and ZnO. The activation energies of thermodegradation process (Ea) determined according to Kissinger and Ozawa-Flynn-Wall methods further confirm the delayed degradation of CNC nanocomposites upon heating. Finally, the changes induced in the crystalline structure during thermodegradation were followed by wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD). It is also observed that thermal degradation proceeds at higher temperatures for nanocomposites having metallic nanoparticles. Overall, experimental findings here showed make nanocomposite approach a simple low-cost environmentally-friendly strategy to overcome the relatively poor thermal stability of CNCs when extracted via sulfuric acid assisted hydrolysis of cellulose. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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