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Thermal, Structural and Morphological Studies of Cellulose and Cellulose Nanofibers Extracted from Bitter Watermelon of the Cucurbitaceae Family

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This work presents a new way to prepare and isolate nanometric cellulose fibrils as extracted from Citrullus Colocynthis (Cc) seeds. The nanofibrils were then characterized using spectroscopic, thermal and morphological/structural techniques. IR-Raman spectra of cellulose fibers confirmed that the treatment they went through, effectively removed all non-cellulosic material (i.e. hemicellulose and lignin). In addition to that, TGA results indicated a good and higher thermal stability of the extracted cellulose. HPLC and 1H NMR measurements were carried out to estimate the chemical composition of cellulose from Cc seeds. TEM confirmed the presence of nanofibers in the treated sample; XRD (WAXS-SAXS) data show that the cellulose nanofibers have a higher crystallinity. The preparation (extraction and treatment) of cellulose and cellulose nanofibers from the Cc seeds as well as their thermal, structural and morphological characterizations, were successful.

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Cc :

Citrullus Colocynthis

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  1. Laboratoire Des Silicates, Polymères et des Nanocomposites, Université 8 mai 1945, BP 401, Guelma, Algérie

    Hamid Satha & Imane Kouadri

  2. Laboratoire Des Matériaux Polymères Multiphasiques (LMPMP), Faculté de Technologie, Université Ferhat Abbas Sétif 1, Sétif, Algérie

    Djafer Benachour

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Satha, H., Kouadri, I. & Benachour, D. Thermal, Structural and Morphological Studies of Cellulose and Cellulose Nanofibers Extracted from Bitter Watermelon of the Cucurbitaceae Family. J Polym Environ 28, 1914–1920 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-020-01735-6

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