Facile fabrication of arecanut palm sheath based robust hydrophobic cellulose nanopapers via self-assembly of ZnO nanoflakes and its shelf-life prediction for sustainable packaging applications

• Main Authors: Poulose, A., Mathew, A., Uthaman, A., Lal, H.M., Parameswaranpillai, J., Mathiazhagan, A., Saheed, M.M., Grohens, Y., Pasquini, D., Gopakumar, D.A., George, J.J.
• Format: Article
• Published: 2024
• Online Access: http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/38099/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85178010252&doi=10.1016%2fj.ijbiomac.2023.128004&partnerID=40&md5=061dbc4edcde6f802431a2c159440a7e
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Cellulose nanofibers have been extracted from arecanut palm sheath fibers via mild oxalic acid hydrolysis coupled with steam explosion technique. Cellulose nanofibers with diameter of 20.23 nm were obtained from arecanut palm sheath fibers. A series of robust hydrophobic cellulose nanopapers were fa...