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ArticlePolymers2025

Processing of Pineapple Leaf Fibers for the Production of Oxidized Micro-/Nanofibrillated Cellulose.

Marianelly Esquivel-Alfaro, Belkis Sulbarán-Rangel, Oscar Rojas-Carrillo, Jingqian Chen, Laria Rodríguez-Quesada, Giovanni Sáenz-Arce, Orlando J Rojas

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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

7 authors.

Marianelly Esquivel-AlfaroPolymer Science and Technology Laboratory (POLIUNA), Department of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional, Heredia 40101, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0001-8101-5463
Belkis Sulbarán-RangelDepartment of Water and Energy, University of Guadalajara Campus Tonalá, Tonalá 45425, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-5758-6140
Oscar Rojas-CarrilloPolymer Science and Technology Laboratory (POLIUNA), Department of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional, Heredia 40101, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0003-1305-7615
Jingqian ChenBioproducts Institute, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, The University of British Columbia, 2360 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0295-1232
Laria Rodríguez-QuesadaDepartamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional, Heredia 40101, Costa Rica.
Giovanni Sáenz-ArceDepartamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional, Heredia 40101, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0003-1848-7980
Orlando J RojasBioproducts Institute, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, The University of British Columbia, 2360 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4036-4020

Funding

Canada Excellence Research Chair Program CERC-2018- 00006Canada Foundation for Innovation 38623Pacific Economic Development Canada PacifiCanUNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL, COSTA RICA Support for graduate students during the development of their Final Graduation Project
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pineapple leaf fibers (PALFs), obtained from abundant yet underutilized pineapple leaf residues, represent a promising feedstock for producing fibrillated cellulose. In this work, cellulosic fibers were isolated and characterized by Fiber Quality Analysis (FQA), showing lengths between 0.33 and 0.47 mm and widths of 12.2 µm after organosolv pulping using ethanol and acetic acid as a catalyst, followed by hydrogen peroxide bleaching with diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid as a chelating agent. The cellulosic fibers were then subjected to TEMPO-mediated oxidation and subsequently disintegrated by microfluidization to produce micro-/nanofibrillated cellulose (MNFC) with a carboxylate content of 0.85 and 1.00 mmol COO

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hydrogen peroxide bleachinglignocellulosic fibersorganosolv pulpingpineapple leaf fibersTEMPO-oxidized micro-/nanofibrillated cellulose

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PMID41096316
PMCPMC12526845

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