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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 91, Issue 1, Pages 229-235Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.08.010
Keywords
Gossypium hirsutum; Nanowhisker; Co-product; Agroindustrial waste; Light scattering diffraction; Lignocellulosic characterization
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- Embrapa
- CNPq
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This study aimed to characterize nanocellulose extracted from cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) linters. The nanocellulose was subjected to electronic microscopy, thermal analysis. X-ray diffractometry, light scattering, and contact angle. The properties of the nanocellulose are considerably different from the linter. The acidic hydrolyses applied to extract the nanocrystals increased the crystallinity index and the hydrophilicity and decreased the thermal stability. On average, the nanocrystals were 177 nm long and 12 nm wide, with an aspect ratio of 19 when measured by microscopy. The light scattering results were coherent with the crystal dimensions. Cotton linter is a potential source of nanocellulose crystals, particularly to be used in the production of hydrophilic nanocomposites. Extraction of nanocellulose from raw cotton linter does not require pulping. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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