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Highly redispersible sugar beet nanofibers as reinforcement in bionanocomposites

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A simple method for preparing redispersible nanofibers from sugar beet residue and their use as a well-dispersed reinforcement for a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) matrix is reported. It is known that the redispersion of dried cellulose nanofibers is difficult because of the formation of strong hydrogen bonds between the nanofibers. The results show that the properties of the initial sugar beet nanofiber suspension can be recovered without the use of chemical modification or additives with higher pectin and hemicellulose content. Undried and redispersed nanofibers with and without pectin were used as nanocomposite reinforcement with PVA. The redispersed nanofibers were as good reinforcements as the undried nanofibers. The tensile strength and elastic modulus of the nanocomposites with the redispersed sugar beet nanofibers were as good as those of the nanocomposites with undried nanofibers. Interestingly, the nanofiber dispersion in the PVA matrix was better when sugar beet nanofibers containing pectin and hemicellulose were used as reinforcements.

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to express their gratitude to Sucros Oy (Säkylä, Finland) for providing the sugar beet residue and Stora Enso (Oulu, Finland) for providing the sulfate pulp used in the study. M. Sc. Mohammad Farooq is acknowledged for the preparation and testing of the cellulose nanopapers, Dr. Juho Sirviö for his help with the FT-IR analysis and M. Sc. Shiyu Geng for performing the TG analysis. The Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation (TEKES) is kindly acknowledged for financial support of the work.

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    Maiju Hietala, Sunanda Sain & Kristiina Oksman

  2. Division of Materials Science, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Luleå University of Technology, 97187, Luleå, Sweden

    Kristiina Oksman

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Hietala, M., Sain, S. & Oksman, K. Highly redispersible sugar beet nanofibers as reinforcement in bionanocomposites. Cellulose 24, 2177–2189 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-017-1245-6

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