期刊
NANOMATERIALS
卷 11, 期 10, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano11102558
关键词
hemicellulose; xylan; nanocrystal; Pickering emulsion
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资金
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province [2020A1515011021]
This study focuses on the production of xylan hydrate nanocrystals (XNCs) and their application in forming Pickering emulsions. XNCs with uniform size were successfully produced by mild ultrasonic treatment, showing great potential in industrial emulsification with emulsifying properties comparable to synthetic emulsifiers and better than some other common biopolymer nanocrystals.
Xylan is a highly abundant plant-based biopolymer. Original xylans in plants are in an amorphous state, but deacetylated and low-branched xylan can form a crystalline structure with water molecules. The utilizations of xylan have been limited to bulk applications either with inconsistency and uncertainty or with extensive chemical derivatization due to the insufficient studies on its crystallization. The applications of xylan could be greatly broadened in advanced green materials if xylan crystals are effectively utilized. In this paper, we show a completely green production of nano-sized xylan crystals and propose their application in forming Pickering emulsions. The branches of xylan were regulated during the separation step to controllably induce the formation of xylan hydrate crystals. Xylan hydrate nanocrystals (XNCs) with a uniform size were successfully produced solely by a mild ultrasonic treatment. XNCs can be adsorbed onto oil-water interfaces at a high density to form highly stable Pickering emulsions. The emulsifying properties of XNCs were comparable to some synthetic emulsifiers and better than some other common biopolymer nanocrystals, demonstrating that XNCs have great potential in industrial emulsification.
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