nanofibrillated cellulose fibers were produced from unbleached kraft pulp of kenaf bast fiber. air dried and vacuum filtrated films of cellulose nanofibers were produced and their density and tensile properties were investigated. kenaf bast fiber unbleached kraft pulp has good potential for production of cellulose nanofibers by microfluidizer; so that the use of kenaf bast fiber unbleached kraf...

carboxymethyl cellulose (cmc)-polyvinyl alcohol (pvoh) blend film, containing 0-10% cellulose nanowhiskers (cnw), was produced through casting method, while physical properties of the films being investigated. cmc-pvoh-cnw nanocomposites, were prepared with a diluted suspension of cellulose nanowhiskers. nanowhiskers suspension was prepared through acid hydrolysis of cotton linter by sulfuric a...

carboxymethyl cellulose (cmc)-polyvinyl alcohol (pvoh) blend film was produced through casting. cellulose nanowhisker (cnw) was produced by means of acid hydrolysis of cotton linter and cmc-pvoh-cellulose nanowhiskers through which fully degradable bionanocomposites were prepared. prepared nanowhisker suspension contained rod like particles averaging lengths of 240 nm and diameters of 13 nm. an...

BACKGROUND Bio cellulose is a byproduct of sweet tea fermentation known as kombusha. During the biosynthesis by bacteria cellulose chains are polymerized by enzyme from activated glucose. The single chains are then extruded through the bacterial cell wall. Interestingly, a potential of the Kombucha's byproduct bio cellulose (BC) as biomaterial had come into focus only in the past few decades. T...

this study investigated the effect of different concentrations of nanocrystalline cellulose (ncc) on the physical properties of starch-ncc nanocomposites. the nanoparticle distribution in the polymer matrix was investigated using x-ray diffraction. the heat resistance and mechanical properties of the film were measured by differential scanning calorimetry and tensile testing. investigation of n...

the objective of this research was to compare the tensile, permeability, solubility and color properties of plasticized starch-polyvinyl alcohol-montmo-rillonite (ps-pva-mmt) and plasticized starch-polyvinyl alcohol-cellulose nanocrystal (ps-pva-ncc) bionanocomposite flms. the results showed that adding mmt (7%), increased the ultimate tensile strenght from 4.2 mpa to 4.61 mpa, however, ncc (7%...

This paper reports a hybrid nanocomposite of well-aligned zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods on cellulose and its strain sensing behavior. ZnO nanorods are chemically grown on a cellulose film by using a hydrothermal process, termed as cellulose ZnO hybrid nanocomposite (CEZOHN). CEZOHN is made by seeding and growing of ZnO on the cellulose and its structural properties are investigated. The well-aligne...

The retention and adhesion of melamine formaldehyde (MF) microcapsules on a model fabric surface in aqueous solution were investigated using a customised flow chamber technique and atomic force microscopy (AFM). A cellulose film was employed as a model fabric surface. Modification of the cellulose with chitosan was found to increase the retention and adhesion of microcapsules on the model fabri...

Fast dissolving drug delivery is the new approach to administer drugs; mouth dissolving film is one of them. The object of the present research work was to formulate a mouth dissolving film of Zolpidem tartrate from polymers Hydroxypropyl cellulose (EF-P) with a combination of Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose K-15 by solvent casting method for enhancing the drug release rate and absorption to inc...

Novel thin and smooth deuterated cellulose films were synthesised to visualize adsorbed bio-macromolecules using contrast variation neutron reflectivity (NR) measurements. Incorporation of varying degrees of deuteration into cellulose was achieved by growing Gluconacetobacter xylinus in deuterated glycerol as carbon source dissolved in growth media containing D2O. The derivative of deuterated c...