Journal
CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 192, Issue -, Pages 202-207Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.03.017
Keywords
Cellulose nanofibril (CNF); Corn stover; Nanocellulose; Properties characterization
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
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Agricultural waste corn stover has little economic value. Cellulose was extracted from corn stover by the processes of alkali treatment and delignification, resulting in a > 93% purity. The particle size of the extracted cellulose was reduced by mechanical shearing through high pressure homogenization. When passing through a homogenizer thirty times, the cellulose nanofibril (CNF) can be obtained. The diameters of the CNF ranged between 5 and 50 nm, and the lengths were microns. The mechanical properties of the films, made by corn stover cellulose, with and without high pressure homogenization shearing were evaluated using an Instron instrument. The films made by cellulose without shearing exhibited weaker mechanical properties, while the CNF films exhibited stronger mechanical properties. The linear rheological properties of CNF suspensions were also investigated and results show solid-like viscoelastic behavior. Our findings regarding corn stover CNF are similar to those CNF from other sources reported in the literature.
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