@article {Camacho:2017::271,
title = "Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Cellulose Derived from Pineapple Peel Residues",
journal = "",
parent_itemid = "",
publishercode ="",
year = "2017",
volume = "5",
number = "3-4",
publication date ="2017-07-13T00:00:00",
pages = "271-279",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/scrivener/jrm/2017/00000005/f0020003/art00013",
doi = "doi:10.7569/JRM.2017.634117",
keyword = "WASTE, ACID HYDROLYSIS, NANOCELLULOSE, PINEAPPLE PEELS",
author = "Camacho, Melissa and Ure{\~n}a, Yendry Regina Corrales and Lopretti, Mary and Carballo, Leonel Bustamante and Moreno, Galia and Alfaro, Brian and Baudrit, Jose Roberto Vega",
abstract = "Pineapple peel biomass was used as raw material for nanocellulose extraction. The raw material is a residue from the Costa Rican fruit industry. The nanocellulose was obtained by a two-step hydrolysis process. Firstly, the cellulose was hydrolyzed with HCl to obtain microcrystalline
cellulose. In the second step, the hydrolysis was carried out using H2SO4 to obtain smaller fragments and decrease the lignin content. A timedependent study was carried out to determine the particle size decrease depending on the contact time with the H2SO4.
The chemical, thermal and morphological properties were analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), dynamic light scattering (DLS), zeta potential, atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The nanofiber-like cellulose
was obtained after 60 minutes of exposure to 65 wt% H2SO4.",
}