2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium

Location

John Deere Auditorium, Curris Business Building, University of Nothern Iowa

Presentation Type

Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)

Document Type

poster

Abstract

Microcrystalline Cellulose (MCC) is molecule commonly found in plants which makes it a plentiful, biodegradable, and easily accessible resource as a product material When the micrometer size MCC crystals are broken up into the nanometer scale, MCC turns into nanocellulose 1 This process can be accomplished with a few different methods, one being sonication With the use of high power and high frequency sonic waves, nanocellulose, which has different characteristics than MCC, can be formed Nanocellulose also has great potential for making composite materials

Start Date

26-7-2024 11:00 AM

End Date

26-7-2024 1:30 PM

Event Host

Summer Undergraduate Research Program, University of Northern Iowa

Faculty Advisor

Colin L. Weeks

Department

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

File Format

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Jul 26th, 11:00 AM Jul 26th, 1:30 PM

Nanocellulose Production from Microcrystalline Cellulose

John Deere Auditorium, Curris Business Building, University of Nothern Iowa

Microcrystalline Cellulose (MCC) is molecule commonly found in plants which makes it a plentiful, biodegradable, and easily accessible resource as a product material When the micrometer size MCC crystals are broken up into the nanometer scale, MCC turns into nanocellulose 1 This process can be accomplished with a few different methods, one being sonication With the use of high power and high frequency sonic waves, nanocellulose, which has different characteristics than MCC, can be formed Nanocellulose also has great potential for making composite materials