Eny Yulianti, Lilik Miftahul Khoiroh, Rif’Atul Mahmudah, Sindi Puspitasari, Faiqotul Himmah, Tzu-Teng Huang, Imtiaz Ali Laghari, Ahmad Zikri, Mohammad Abdullah, Rahadian Zainul, Tarek A. Elkhooly
This study aimed to develop the production of porous cellulose beads from bagasse. Alkali extraction with 6% sodium hydroxide was identified as the optimal solvent for cellulose, based on the swelling ratio. This process resulted in viscose cellulose solution with improved characteristics, including a density of 1.099 g/ml, viscosity of 0.024 Pa·s, molecular weight of 171.668 g/mol, and a swelling ratio of 50.8%. The beads fabrication using the cellulose extract combined with alginate led to the formation of beads with a homogeneous and rough surface. Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) was utilized as a porogen and zinc acetate served as the crosslinking agent. The optimal composition of alginate to cellulose xanthate for bead formation, determined through evaluations of bead geometry, swelling power, and surface porosity using SEM-EDX, was found to be a 2:2 ratio. © 2024 by SPC (Sami Publishing Company), Asian Journal of Green Chemistry, Reproduction is permitted for noncommercial purposes.
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang, Jalan Gajayana 50, East Java, Malang, 65144, Indonesia; Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Electrical Engineering, Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology, Campus Larkana, Sindh, 67480, Pakistan; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, 16850, Turkey; Chemical Engineering Studies, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA Johor Branch, Pasir Gudang Campus, Johor Bahru, Johor, Bandar Seri Alam, Masai, Pasir Gudang, 81750, Malaysia; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Padang, West Sumatra, Padang, Indonesia; Center for Advanced Material Processing, Artificial Intelligence and Biophysics Informatics (CAMPBIOTICS), Universitas Negeri Padang, Indonesia; Nanomedicine Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Delta University for Science and Technology, Gamasa, 11152, Egypt; Department of Refractories, Ceramics and Building Materials, National Research Centre, Giza, 12622, Egypt
