期刊
INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
卷 65, 期 -, 页码 550-555出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.10.004
关键词
Saw dust; Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs); Steam explosion; Autofluorescence; FTIR
资金
- 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]
Saw dust, generated as a waste by-product of the timber industry finds limited industrial applications and are mostly discarded or incinerated, causing environmental problems. This paper discusses the isolation of cellulosic nanocrystals (CNCs) from two different varieties of commercially used timber viz. Gmelina arborea and Salvadora oleoides, through a chemically engineered hydrothermal process. The CNCs derived after a series of chemical pretreatments followed by hydrothermally assisted fibrillation and subsequent neutralization, were carefully characterized for their chemical composition and microstructural attributes. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurements demonstrate the fibrillation of the wood cellulosic fibers to similar to 18-35 nm diameter range, with nearly uniform lengths in the range of similar to 101-107 nm. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectra show the crystalline nature of the CNCs and corroborates to the spectra of known crystalline cellulosic derivatives. The photoluminescence (PL) studies showcase an interesting property of autofluorescence at similar to 400 nm with high quantum yields (similar to 59%), which is attributed to the presence of fluorescent subunits identified in the FTIR spectra. The results demonstrate a simplistic method for conversion of the saw dust to high quality, fluorescent, cellulosic precursors that can find novel applications in the manufacturing, biomedical and pharmaceutical industries. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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