Electrospun Ultrafine Cationic Cellulose Fibers Produced from Sugarcane Bagasse for Potential Textile Applications

Sugarcane bagasse (SCB) is an abundant by-product of sugar refining that can be utilized as a raw material for cellulose isolation for several industrial applications. Electrospinning has garnered attention in recent years because it allows the preparation of cellulosic materials with unique propert...

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Autores principales: Andrés Felipe Ochica Larrota, Ricardo Vera-Graziano, Alex López-Córdoba, Edwin Yesid Gómez-Pachón
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6c62e3c96cde4ebd84ab1ef3bbb3733a2021-11-25T18:48:24ZElectrospun Ultrafine Cationic Cellulose Fibers Produced from Sugarcane Bagasse for Potential Textile Applications10.3390/polym132239272073-4360https://doaj.org/article/6c62e3c96cde4ebd84ab1ef3bbb3733a2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/22/3927https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4360Sugarcane bagasse (SCB) is an abundant by-product of sugar refining that can be utilized as a raw material for cellulose isolation for several industrial applications. Electrospinning has garnered attention in recent years because it allows the preparation of cellulosic materials with unique properties. In this study, cellulose was isolated from sugarcane bagasse and acetylated to fabricate fine acetate cellulose fibers through electrospinning. Subsequently, the electrospun fibers were deacetylated and cationized in order to produce functionalized materials with potential textile applications. The functional fibers were colored with an anionic dye (vinyl sulfone) with and without the presence of salt and were evaluated according to dye fixation, color attributes, morphological characteristics, and thermal stability. Cationic cellulose fibers that were dyed without added salt were found to be brighter and demonstrated better color fixation than those with added salt. In addition, morphological analysis performed using scanning electron microscopy demonstrated that cationized fibers dyed without added salt were better preserved at this stage. The cationic fiber also evidenced a high-temperature resistance, exhibiting a degradation temperature above 236 °C. The results suggest that cellulose fibers dyed in this manner can potentially be considered for use in textile applications due to their suitable dye fixation and tunable porosity (i.e., breathability).Andrés Felipe Ochica LarrotaRicardo Vera-GrazianoAlex López-CórdobaEdwin Yesid Gómez-PachónMDPI AGarticleelectrospinningfiberscellulosecationized cellulosetextiledyeOrganic chemistryQD241-441ENPolymers, Vol 13, Iss 3927, p 3927 (2021)
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topic electrospinning
fibers
cellulose
cationized cellulose
textile
dye
Organic chemistry
QD241-441
spellingShingle electrospinning
fibers
cellulose
cationized cellulose
textile
dye
Organic chemistry
QD241-441
Andrés Felipe Ochica Larrota
Ricardo Vera-Graziano
Alex López-Córdoba
Edwin Yesid Gómez-Pachón
Electrospun Ultrafine Cationic Cellulose Fibers Produced from Sugarcane Bagasse for Potential Textile Applications
description Sugarcane bagasse (SCB) is an abundant by-product of sugar refining that can be utilized as a raw material for cellulose isolation for several industrial applications. Electrospinning has garnered attention in recent years because it allows the preparation of cellulosic materials with unique properties. In this study, cellulose was isolated from sugarcane bagasse and acetylated to fabricate fine acetate cellulose fibers through electrospinning. Subsequently, the electrospun fibers were deacetylated and cationized in order to produce functionalized materials with potential textile applications. The functional fibers were colored with an anionic dye (vinyl sulfone) with and without the presence of salt and were evaluated according to dye fixation, color attributes, morphological characteristics, and thermal stability. Cationic cellulose fibers that were dyed without added salt were found to be brighter and demonstrated better color fixation than those with added salt. In addition, morphological analysis performed using scanning electron microscopy demonstrated that cationized fibers dyed without added salt were better preserved at this stage. The cationic fiber also evidenced a high-temperature resistance, exhibiting a degradation temperature above 236 °C. The results suggest that cellulose fibers dyed in this manner can potentially be considered for use in textile applications due to their suitable dye fixation and tunable porosity (i.e., breathability).
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author Andrés Felipe Ochica Larrota
Ricardo Vera-Graziano
Alex López-Córdoba
Edwin Yesid Gómez-Pachón
author_facet Andrés Felipe Ochica Larrota
Ricardo Vera-Graziano
Alex López-Córdoba
Edwin Yesid Gómez-Pachón
author_sort Andrés Felipe Ochica Larrota
title Electrospun Ultrafine Cationic Cellulose Fibers Produced from Sugarcane Bagasse for Potential Textile Applications
title_short Electrospun Ultrafine Cationic Cellulose Fibers Produced from Sugarcane Bagasse for Potential Textile Applications
title_full Electrospun Ultrafine Cationic Cellulose Fibers Produced from Sugarcane Bagasse for Potential Textile Applications
title_fullStr Electrospun Ultrafine Cationic Cellulose Fibers Produced from Sugarcane Bagasse for Potential Textile Applications
title_full_unstemmed Electrospun Ultrafine Cationic Cellulose Fibers Produced from Sugarcane Bagasse for Potential Textile Applications
title_sort electrospun ultrafine cationic cellulose fibers produced from sugarcane bagasse for potential textile applications
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/6c62e3c96cde4ebd84ab1ef3bbb3733a
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