TY - JOUR
T1 - Natural Cellulose Fibers from Eulaliopsis Binata
AU - Mingwei Tian, Lijun Qu, Shifeng Zhu, Guangting Han , Yaning Sun, Zhiyou Ma, Kaikai Sun & Xiaoning Tang
JO - Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics
VL - 2
SP - 181
EP - 188
PY - 2014
DA - 2014/07
SN - 7
DO - http://doi.org/10.3993/jfbi06201405
UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jfbi/4776.html
KW - Eulaliopsis Binata
KW - Chemical Degumming
KW - Structure
KW - Antibacterial Property
AB - Natural cellulose fibers extracted from Eulaliopsis Binata (EB) were systematically investigated in this
paper. Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and X-ray Diffraction
(XRD) were used to investigate the chemical composition, morphological structure and crystalline
structure of the resulting fibers. Furthermore, some basic physical properties of the EB fiber, i.e.,
mechanical properties, water absorption, antimicrobial performance were also evaluated and discussed.
It was found that the non-cellulose substances were sufficiently removed or reduced after the degumming
process, but the cellulose I structure was not changed based on the XRD and FTIR results. Meanwhile,
the EB fibers exhibited high breaking strength (3.5 ∼ 6.9 cN/dtex) and remarkable moisture region
(6.3 ∼ 7.7%). It also exhibited moderate antimicrobial effects against Escherichia coli. All these results
indicated that the BP fibers had properties resembling those of traditional natural cellulose fibers (e.g.
cotton and flax); therefore, they could be viewed as a promising alternative source for natural cellulose
bundle fibers.