| Issue |
MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 253, 2019
2018 International Conference on Materials Science and Manufacturing Engineering (MSME 2018)
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| Article Number | 01002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Material Properties & Characterization | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201925301002 | |
| Published online | 14 January 2019 | |
Characterisation of Cellulose Nanofibres Derived from Chemical and Mechanical Treatments
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Faculty of Innovative Design and Technology, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
2
Polymer Cluster, Queen’s University Belfast, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Ashby Building, Belfast, BT9 5 AH UK
3
Applied Plant Science Division, Agri-Food and Bioscience Institute, Newforge Lane, Belfast, BT9 5PX, UK
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Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering Technology, TATI University College, 24000 Kemaman, Terengganu, Malaysia
a Corresponding author : martinimuhamad@unisza.edu.my
Optimised routes have been established to obtain high aspect ratio cellulose microfibrils derived from plant feedstocks, involving a combination of a chemical and mechanical treatment using a high pressure microfluidizer. By this means, nano-cellulose was produced using different pretreatment protocols. The nanofibres produced were characterised for its particle size distribution measurement (laser diffraction and zeta potential analysis) and fourier transform infrared for its structural analysis. Results obtained and subsequent trends observed in chemical, mechanical and chemo-mechanical treated nanofibres were compared and contrasted. The chemomechanical treatment (TEMPO-oxidation and high pressure microfluidisation) yielded higher aspect ratio nanofibrils than nanofibrils made by solely chemical or mechanical treatment.
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