Abstract
Biopolymers are intended to substitute the petroleum-based polymers and all-cellulose composite has emerged as a green alternative, especially if it can be prepared through a method consuming less energy and fewer chemicals. Here, a novel approach to obtain a nanocomposite film made of cellulose fibrils imbibed into a nanocellulose matrix is described. Banana pseudostem was used as raw material and characterized along with the resulting materials using scanning electron microscopy, optical microscopy and Raman spectroscopy, while the cellulose/nanocellulose film was studied through X-ray diffraction, UV–Vis-NIR spectroscopy and laser scanning microscopy. Results indicate that cellulose (fibrils) and nanocellulose (platelets), extracted from banana pseudostem were successfully purified using hydrolysis at a relatively low amount of chemicals. Transparent films made of a fibrils/nanoplatelets blend were prepared by the solution casting method, exhibiting a transmittance of ≈ 83–88% and a crystallinity index of ≈ 70, hence demonstrating the feasibility of this novel method to obtain cellulose/nanocellulose free-standing films.
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Abbreviations
- BI-Ctrl:
-
Control sample
- BI-Alk:
-
Sample under alkaline pretreatment
- BI-Hyd:
-
Sample under acidic pretreatment
- BP:
-
Sample under basic pretreatment
- CNP:
-
Cellulose nanoplatelets
- CrI:
-
Crystallinity index
- XRD:
-
X-ray diffraction
- OM:
-
Optic microscopy
- SEM:
-
Scanning electron microscopy
- LSM:
-
Laser scanning microscopy
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Chávez-Guerrero, L., Vazquez-Rodriguez, S., Salinas-Montelongo, J.A. et al. Preparation of all-cellulose composites with optical transparency using the banana pseudostem as a raw material. Cellulose 26, 3777–3786 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-019-02369-1
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