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New method of producing nanominerals from office paper waste and investigating their microstructural properties

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This study presents a new method for the production of nanomaterials from office paper waste. For this purpose, two types of office paper wastes were selected to extract kaolin and then metakaolin was produced after calcination at five different temperatures in the range of 500 to 1000 °C. The synthesized materials were investigated by differential thermal analysis/thermo-gravimetric analysis (DTA/TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Planetary ball mill was used for mechanical treatment of nanomaterials, followed by analyzing using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), dynamic light scattering (DLS), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques. The changes in the crystalline structure of the nanoparticles were also investigated. The synthesized nanominerals were also used in a nanobiocomposite, i.e., soy protein isolate (SPI) biofilm, to improve its barrier properties.

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There were three major sources of funding: individual donor (Dr. Faegheh Alsadat Mortazavi Moghadam), Sari Agriculture and Natural Science University, and Institute For Color Science and Technology.

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  1. Department of Wood and Paper Science and Engineering, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Sari, Iran

    Faegheh Alsadat Mortazavi Moghadam, Hossein Resalati & Ghasem Asadpour

  2. Department of Nano Materials and Nano Coatings, Institute for Color Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Sousan Rasouli

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Dr. Faeghe Alsadat Mortazavi Moghadam conceived of the presented idea, carried out the synthesize nano material studies, designed of the study, the statistical analysis in the sequence alignment, and drafted the manuscript.

Prof. Hossein Resalati participated in the sequence alignment, writing—review and editing, and funding acquisition.

Dr. Susan Rasoli participated in writing—review and editing and funding acquisition.

Dr.Ghasem Asadpour participated in writing—review and editing and funding acquisition.

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Highlights

• New method for producing nanominerals from office paper waste.

• Producing new products from these nanominerals for various applications (e.g., nanobiocomposites).

• Analytical calculations based on XRD and Scherrer equation in addition to microscopic and chemical analyses.

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Mortazavi Moghadam, F.A., Resalati, H., Rasouli, S. et al. New method of producing nanominerals from office paper waste and investigating their microstructural properties. Biomass Conv. Bioref. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-02782-w

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