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Cellulose nanocrystals from natural fiber of the macrophyte Typha domingensis: extraction and characterization

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In this work the macrophyte Typha domingensis was characterized. Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) were extracted and pretreated with alkali at 80 °C followed by hydrolysis with sulfuric acid 34 % (w/w) at 80 °C for 15 min. The plants were separated into two groups: the young and senescent. Then each plant was sectioned into three parts (top, bottom and middle). The middle and the bleached middle fibers were characterized using thermogravimetric analysis, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and the chemical composition. The CNCs from the young middle part show values of 593 ± 482 nm in length and 12.6 ± 4.4 nm in diameter and the senescent part 704.4 ± 316 nm in length and 7.4 ± 3.5 nm in diameter. The results were obtained using an atomic force microscope and show the great potential of this fiber as a source of CNCs to reinforce polymeric material.

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The authors thank FAPESP—JP 2009-00855-0, CNPq—482585/2011-0 and CAPES for their financial support and Prof. Fatima C.M. Pina-Rodrigues for providing the T. domingensis samples.

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  1. Universidade Federal de São Carlos-UFSCar, Sorocaba, SP, CEP 18052-780, Brazil

    Natália R. César, Vagner R. Botaro & Aparecido J. de Menezes

  2. Instituto de Física de São Carlos-USP, São Carlos, SP, CEP 13560-250, Brazil

    Marcelo A. Pereira-da-Silva

  3. Centro Universitário Central Paulista-UNICEP, São Carlos, SP, CEP 13563-470, Brazil

    Marcelo A. Pereira-da-Silva

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César, N.R., Pereira-da-Silva, M.A., Botaro, V.R. et al. Cellulose nanocrystals from natural fiber of the macrophyte Typha domingensis: extraction and characterization. Cellulose 22, 449–460 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-014-0533-7

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