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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Characterisation of Nanocellulose Types Using Complementary Techniques and Its Application to Detecting Bacterial Nanocellulose in Food Products.

Otmar Geiss, Ivana Bianchi, Ivana Blazevic, Guillaume Bucher, Hind El-Hadri, Francesco Fumagalli, Jessica Ponti, Chiara Verra, Josefa Barrero-Moreno

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 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

9 authors.

Otmar GeissEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), 21027 Ispra, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5371-3798
Ivana BianchiEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), 21027 Ispra, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7954-7532
Ivana BlazevicEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), 21027 Ispra, Italy.ORCID 0009-0004-0660-7046
Guillaume BucherEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), 21027 Ispra, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3228-0639
Hind El-HadriEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), 21027 Ispra, Italy.
Francesco FumagalliEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), 21027 Ispra, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2172-9469
Jessica PontiEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), 21027 Ispra, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4961-8405
Chiara VerraEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), 21027 Ispra, Italy.ORCID 0009-0002-1601-301X
Josefa Barrero-MorenoEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), 21027 Ispra, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanocellulose has attracted significant attention in recent years due to its distinctive properties and vast potential applications across various fields. This study encompasses two distinct yet interconnected activities: the characterisation of eight different types of nanocellulose test materials, including crystalline, fibrillated, and bacterial nanocellulose, using a range of analytical techniques such as dynamic light scattering (DLS), asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation (AF4) coupled to multi-angle light scattering (MALS) and DLS, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and a focused case study employing a tiered analytical approach to identify bacterial nanocellulose in commercially available food products like pudding and drinks with nata de coco, SCOBY, and kombucha. The results demonstrate that different types of nanocellulose can be distinguished by their unique physicochemical properties using a combination of analytical techniques. This finding was used for the identification of bacterial nanocellulose in food products by combining pyGC-MS for cellulose identification, TEM for nanosize range determination, and XRD for crystallinity analysis to distinguish between bacterial and fibrillated nanocellulose. The study advances fundamental understanding of nanocellulose and provides tools to facilitate potential future regulatory compliance.

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AF4-MALSbacterial nanocellulosecrystalline nanocellulosefibrillated nanocellulosekombuchananocellulosenata de cocopyrolysis GC-MSSCOBY

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PMID41149534
PMCPMC12566323

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