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Bagasse and Rice Straw Nanocellulosic Materials and Their Applications

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Agricultural crop residues are important source for isolation of cellulosic fibers in many countries, especially those that do not have forest. Among these residues, rice straw and bagasse are worldwide agricultural residues that exist in large amounts. Nanocellulosic materials, namely, microfibrillated cellulose and cellulose nanocrystals, from these residues have been isolated, characterized, and used in different nanocomposites for different applications. Microfibrillated cellulose has been isolated from bagasse and rice straw using high-shear ultrafine grinder (or the so-called supermasscolloider) and high-intensity ultrasonication. The uses of biological and chemical pretreatments have been also studied for reducing energy and improving the properties of the isolated microfibrillated cellulose. Microfibrillated cellulose from bagasse and rice straw has been used in preparation of nanocomposites using different natural and synthetic polymer matrices such as chitosan, gelatin, and polypropylene. In addition, microfibrillated cellulose from bagasse has been used to improve the properties of paper sheets prepared from bagasse fibers. Cellulose nanocrystals have been isolated from bagasse and rice straw using sulfuric acid hydrolysis. The isolated nanocrystals have been used with alginate and natural rubber as reinforcing elements. Surface-modified cellulose nanocrystals have been used in polycaprolactone nanocomposites to improve tensile and moisture barrier properties of polycaprolactone.

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  1. Cellulose and Paper Department & Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Group, Centre of Excellence for Advanced Sciences, National Research Centre, 12622, Cairo, Egypt

    Mohammad L. Hassan

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  4. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

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Hassan, M.L. (2015). Bagasse and Rice Straw Nanocellulosic Materials and Their Applications. In: Pandey, J., Takagi, H., Nakagaito, A., Kim, HJ. (eds) Handbook of Polymer Nanocomposites. Processing, Performance and Application. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45232-1_53

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