Bionanocomposites based on pea starch and cellulose nanowhiskers hydrolyzed from pea hull fibre: Effect of hydrolysis time

TL;DR: Results showed that CNCs are non-toxic, opening the opportunity for their use on food and pharmaceutical applications, and showed the effectiveness of pretreatment in removing non-cellulosic components.

TL;DR: In this article, a multistage process was employed to obtain value-added products from brewer's spent grain (BSG), where cellulose nano-fibres (CNF) was one of the products obtained during the complete process.

TL;DR: Mild enzymatic hydrolysis has been introduced and combined with mechanical shearing and a high-pressure homogenization, leading to a controlled fibrillation down to nanoscale and a network of long and highly entangled cellulose I elements.

TL;DR: After mechanical treatments of cryocrushing, disintegration and defibrillation, the thermal properties of the nanofibers were studied by the TGA technique and found to increase dramatically and is reasonably promising for the use of these nanofiber types in reinforced-polymer manufacturing.

TL;DR: Increased acid-to-pulp ratio reduced the dimensions of the nanocrystals thus produced and the critical concentration was increased and the biphasic range became narrower; a suspension made from a bleached kraft eucalyptus pulp gave very similar properties to the softwood nanocrystal suspension when prepared under similar hydrolysis conditions.

TL;DR: In this article, a rapid, high-yield process was proposed to obtain an aqueous stable colloid suspension of cellulose nanocrystals/whiskers. But the results of the process were limited by the concentration of MCC and sulfuric acid, the hydrolysis time and temperature, and ultrasonic treatment time.