{"id":461,"date":"2014-12-29T11:36:33","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T03:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/mazura\/?page_id=461"},"modified":"2014-12-29T11:37:46","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T03:37:46","slug":"isolation-characterization-and-application-of-nanocellulose-from-oil-palm-empty-fruit-bunch-fiber-as-nanocomposites","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mazurajusoh\/isolation-characterization-and-application-of-nanocellulose-from-oil-palm-empty-fruit-bunch-fiber-as-nanocomposites\/","title":{"rendered":"Isolation, Characterization, and Application of Nanocellulose from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch Fiber as Nanocomposites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nanocomposites, consisting of a polymeric matrix and nanosized elements as reinforcement, have attracted significant scientific\u00a0attention because of their high mechanical performance. A large variety of nanocomposites have been prepared using bio-based\u00a0materials as a matrix and nanoreinforcement, so that it can reduce the dependence on nondegradable products and move to a\u00a0sustainable materials basis. The objective of this study was to isolate nanocellulose from empty fruit bunch (EFB) fiber and their\u00a0reinforcing effect on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)\/starch blend films. Aseries of PVA\/starch films with different content of nanocellulose\u00a0were prepared by solution casting method. Nanocellulose fiber with diameters ranging from 4 to 15 nm has been successfully\u00a0prepared. On the other hand, PVA\/starch films reinforced with nanocellulose fiber possess significantly improved properties\u00a0compared to unreinforced film. From the results, PVA\/starch films with the addition of 5% (v\/v) of nanocellulose exhibited best<br \/>\ncombination of properties. This nanocomposite was found to have tensile strength at about 5.694 MPa and elongation at break was\u00a0481.85%. In addition to good mechanical properties, this nanocomposite has good water resistance and biodegradability.<\/p>\n<p>Click this link for view full paper:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mazurajusoh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/878\/files\/2014\/12\/702538.pdf\">702538<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstract Nanocomposites, consisting of a polymeric matrix and nanosized elements as reinforcement, have attracted significant scientific\u00a0attention because of their high mechanical performance. A large variety of nanocomposites have been prepared using bio-based\u00a0materials as a matrix and nanoreinforcement, so that it can reduce the dependence on nondegradable products and move to a\u00a0sustainable materials basis. The objective [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13472,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-461","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mazurajusoh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mazurajusoh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mazurajusoh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mazurajusoh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13472"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mazurajusoh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mazurajusoh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/461\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mazurajusoh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}