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Enhancement of biofilm formation and microalgae growth by preparing cellulose film with rough surface

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A series of cellulose films with rough surface were prepared by dissolution and regeneration in the ionic liquid, 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (AmimCl). The cellulose films possessed a rough surface with the maximum height difference (Sz) of 128–217 μm, a macroporous structure with a high porosity of 84.7%-90.5%, and a negative potential between -40.00 and -54.15 mV. Furthermore, the cellulose films exhibited excellent microalgae adhesion properties. After 18 days of attached Chlorella sp. cultivation experiments, the average productivities of C-A-120 films (C-A–X, X means the mesh number of the substrate) reached 20.80 g m−2 d−1), which is 2.69 times than that of the cellulose film with a smooth surface. The result indicates that the cellulose films with a rough surface and high water adsorption ratio have a huge potential in serving as the substrate of the attached microalgae cultivation to promote microalgae cells growth and biofilm formation.

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This work was supported by a grant from High Level Innovation Team Program of Ganzhou, the Research Projects of Ganjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences (E055A001), the Natural Science Foundation of China (21706260), and the National Key R&D Program of China (2019YFD0902000).

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Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission, 21706260, Wei Cong.

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  1. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China

    Caixiang Chen

  2. State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China

    Caixiang Chen, Shumei Wen, Zhihui Wang, Dongmei Zhang, Chenghu Yan & Wei Cong

  3. Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Cleaner Production of Rare Earths, Ganjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, 341119, P. R. China

    Shumei Wen & Chenghu Yan

  4. Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics (KLEP), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China

    Jinming Zhang

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Chen, C., Wen, S., Wang, Z. et al. Enhancement of biofilm formation and microalgae growth by preparing cellulose film with rough surface. J Polym Res 29, 36 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-022-02901-1

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