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ArticlePolymers2025

Engineering to Improve Mechanical Properties of Nanocellulose Hydrogels from Aloe Vera Bagasse and Banana Pseudostem for Biomedical Applications.

Rocío Hernández-Leal, Ángeles Iveth Licona-Aguilar, Miguel Antonio Domínguez-Crespo, Esther Ramírez-Meneses, Adela Eugenia Rodríguez-Salazar, Carlos Juárez-Balderas, Silvia Beatriz Brachetti-Sibaja, Aidé Minerva Torres-Huerta

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Rocío Hernández-LealNew Materials Department, Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Madero, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Ciudad Madero C.P. 89440, Tamaulipas, Mexico.ORCID 0009-0006-0699-8993
Ángeles Iveth Licona-AguilarBiotechnology Department, Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Ingeniería-Palenque, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Nueva Esperanza C.P. 29960, Chiapas, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-3116-6460
Miguel Antonio Domínguez-CrespoNanostructured Materials Department, Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Ingeniería Hidalgo, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, San Agustín Tlaxiaca C.P. 42162, Hidalgo, Mexico.
Esther Ramírez-MenesesDepartment of Chemical, Industrial and Food Engineering, Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de México C.P. 01219, Mexico.
Adela Eugenia Rodríguez-SalazarTechnological Innovation, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CICATA Querétaro, Santiago de Querétaro C.P. 76090, Querétaro, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-7204-6786
Carlos Juárez-BalderasDepartment of Engineering Studies for Innovation, Universidad Iberoamericana, Lomas de Santa Fe, Ciudad de México C.P. 01219, Mexico.
Silvia Beatriz Brachetti-SibajaNew Materials Department, Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Madero, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Ciudad Madero C.P. 89440, Tamaulipas, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-9942-4628
Aidé Minerva Torres-HuertaNanostructured Materials Department, Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Ingeniería Hidalgo, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, San Agustín Tlaxiaca C.P. 42162, Hidalgo, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-8907-2275

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work explores the synthesis of biomass-waste-derived cellulose nanocrystal hydrogel from aloe vera bagasse (AVB) and banana pseudostem (BPS). A wide variety of synthesis parameters such as acid concentration (45 wt.% and 55 wt.%), temperatures in the process of 25, 40, 45 and 50 °C, and reaction times of 30 and 60 min were analyzed during the acid hydrolysis to evaluate changes in the morphology, crystallinity, swelling, degradation temperature, and mechanical properties. The parameters that most influenced the crystallinity were the temperature and reaction time, showing good characteristics such as percentage crystallinity (89.66% for nanocellulose from C

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agricultural wastebiomedical applicationshydrogelsmechanical propertiesnanocrystalline celluloseswelling capability

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PMID40574174
PMCPMC12196950

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