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ArticleScientific reports2025

Development of antimicrobial paper from unbleached bamboo ASAM pulps reinforced with nanofibrillated cellulose and chitosan.

Areej Fathelrahman Abdallah, Ainun Zuriyati Mohamed, Areeba Siddiqui, Hina Khan, Paridah Md Tahir, Mohammad Jawaid

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Areej Fathelrahman AbdallahInstitute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Ainun Zuriyati MohamedInstitute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Areeba SiddiquiDepartment of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, College of Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 15551, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Hina KhanDepartment of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, College of Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 15551, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Paridah Md TahirInstitute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Mohammad JawaidDepartment of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, College of Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 15551, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. jawaid@uaeu.ac.ae.

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United Arab Emirates University 12N233
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Abstract

Despite being biodegradable, paper packages have restricted use in food packaging because of their strong tendency to absorb moisture and their high permeability to liquids and gasses from the environment. Consequently, investigating the application of biodegradable biopolymers, such as nanofibrillated cellulose and chitosan, to enhance characteristics is a pertinent technique. This study developed paper from unbleached bamboo alkaline sulfite anthraquinone and methanol (ASAM) pulps by incorporating nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) and the antimicrobial agent chitosan (CS) into the papermaking process, offering a sustainable solution for advanced food packaging systems. The objective of this research is to investigated the potential impact of varying concentrations of NFC (5% and 10%) and CS (0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, and 2%) on the physical, mechanical, thermal, barrier, and antimicrobial properties of unbleached bamboo ASAM pulp, considering 4.000 and 6.000 beating revolutions to enhance the mechanical, thermal, barrier, and antimicrobial properties. The reinforcement of NFC and CS has significant enhancements to the paper's properties. The results showed that incorporating 5% NFC and 1.5% chitosan at 6.000 beating revolutions has the optimum values of a tensile index and a burst index, where it reaches 85.16 Nm/g and 7.69 kPa m

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Anti-Infective AgentsCelluloseChitosanNanofibersPaperSasaFood PackagingStaphylococcus aureusTensile StrengthAnti-Infective AgentsCelluloseChitosanAntimicrobial propertiesBarrier propertiesChitosanFood packagingMechanical propertiesNanofibrillated cellulose

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PMID40883399
PMCPMC12397265

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