PREPARATION OF CELLULOSE NANOPARTICLES FROM AGAVE WASTE AND ITS MORPHOLOGICAL AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION
C.E. Ponce-Reyes, J.J. Chanona-Pérez, V. Garibay-Febles, E. Palacios-González, J. Karamath, E. Terrés-Rojas, G. Calderón-Domínguez
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Quasi-spherical and polyhedral cellulose nanoparticles can be obtained from agave waste.
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Microscopy and spectroscopy techniques were useful to evaluate the structure and crystallinity of the nanoparticles.
Cellulose nanoparticles have a triclinic structure corresponding to cellulose II.
The amorphous and crystalline zones on the nanoparticles are well defined in the HRTEM images.
Agave waste has a high potential to obtain green nanomaterials.
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