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Extraction and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Cellulose from Doum (Chamaerops humilis) Leaves: A Potential Reinforcing Biomaterial

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The aim of this investigation was to extract nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) from Moroccan Doum fibers (Chamaerops humilis) by chemical treatment to examine their potential for use as reinforcement fibers in bionanocomposite applications. The chemical composition, morphological and structural properties of the Doum fibers was determined at different stages of chemical treatment. Morphological (transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy), structural characterization (X-ray diffraction, Fourier transformed infrared), thermal characterization (thermogravimetric analysis). The suspension electrostatic stabilization (zeta potential) of NCCs was also carried out. The results of these characterization analysis found that average size of the NCC is 220 nm in length and 11 nm in diameter, with high crystallinity index (93 %), a thermal stability comparable to that of untreated Doum fibers (degradation temperature 340 °C), which is reasonably promising for the use of these nanofibers in reinforced-polymer manufacturing, and a good stability in water suspension that it allows their utilization such as reinforcement of the water-soluble polymers to prepare the bio-nanocomposite.

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This work was supported by MAScIR; Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research, MESRSFC and CNRST, Morocco Grant No. 1970/15.

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  1. Institute of Nanomaterial and Nanotechnology (NANOTECH), Rabat Design Center, Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research (MAScIR), Rue Mohamed El Jazouli, Madinat Al Irfane, 10100, Rabat, Morocco

    Meriem Fardioui, Abou El Kacem Qaiss & Rachid Bouhfid

  2. Laboratoire de physicochimie des matériaux, Faculté des Sciences, Université Ibn Toufail, Kenitra, Morocco

    Meriem Fardioui & Taoufik Gueddira

  3. Institut de Criminalistique de la Gendarmerie Royale, Angle Bd Mehdi Benbarka et rue Ghomara-Souissi, 10000, Rabat, Morocco

    Abdelhamid Stambouli & Abdelouahed Dahrouch

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Fardioui, M., Stambouli, A., Gueddira, T. et al. Extraction and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Cellulose from Doum (Chamaerops humilis) Leaves: A Potential Reinforcing Biomaterial. J Polym Environ 24, 356–362 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-016-0784-5

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