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Study of the Properties of Microcrystalline Cellulose Particles from Different Renewable Resources by XRD, FTIR, Nanoindentation, TGA and SEM

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The main objective of this work was to extract microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) particles from different cellulosic resources like cotton, jute, newsprint, filter paper and investigate their suitability as green reinforcing material in biocomposites. The MCC particles were extracted by acid hydrolysis with 64% sulphuric acid. The processing parameters like acid concentration, temperature, time and mechanical force were kept constant. The MCC particles were studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), particle size analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. The viscoelastic properties of the MCC particles were investigated with the help of nanoindentation technique for the first time. The acid hydrolysis changed the %crystallinity and crystallite sizes of the MCC particles compared to their source materials. The modulus and hardness of the MCC particles varied significantly depending on their precursors. The presence of non-cellulosic constituents controlled the deformation behaviour of the MCC particles. The thermal stability of the MCC particles was correlated with the tangling effect of the flexible cellulose chains.

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Acknowledgements

Dipa Ray is thankful to AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education), Government of India, for granting her a project. Authors are grateful to Dr. P. C. Basu (Director, Petrology Division) and Ms. Kaberi Banerjee of Geological Survey of India, Kolkata, for their kind support in doing the particle size analysis. Dr. Sabyasachi Som and Mr. U. Kundu are gratefully acknowledged for their support in doing SEM analysis. Authors are also thankful to Mr. Shailendranath Dey of Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata, India, for his help in doing the TEM analysis. Mr. Arijit Sinha (Research Scholar of BESU, Shibpur, Howrah) is also thankfully acknowledged for doing the Nanoindentation test.

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  1. Department of Polymer Science & Technology, University College of Science and Technology, University of Calcutta, 92 A.P. C Road, Kolkata, 700009, India

    Kunal Das & Dipa Ray

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Howrah, Kolkata, 711103, India

    N. R. Bandyopadhyay

  3. Department of Materials Science, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A and B Raja S.C Mallick Road, Kolkata, 700032, India

    Suparna Sengupta

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Das, K., Ray, D., Bandyopadhyay, N.R. et al. Study of the Properties of Microcrystalline Cellulose Particles from Different Renewable Resources by XRD, FTIR, Nanoindentation, TGA and SEM. J Polym Environ 18, 355–363 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-010-0167-2

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