Maria Alice Martins

TL;DR: In this article, the thermal analysis of raw and defatted sisal fiber and its chemical constituents (cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin) was performed by thermogravimetric analysis, and differential scanning calorimetry under inert and nitrogen atmospheres.

TL;DR: The cutin/pectin films developed here were shown to mimic tomato peel itself with respect to mechanical strength and thermal stability and was found to be virtually independent of pH and casting method.

TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of cellulose whiskers obtained from Brazilian commercial cotton was evaluated in terms of crystallinity, thermal stability, and morphologically by scanning transmission electron microscopy, and the results showed that cellulose cotton whiskers, independently of extraction conditions, provided an average length and a diameter of 150 ± 50 nm and of 14 ± 5 nm, respectively.

TL;DR: In this paper, commercial enzymes were used to isolate cellulose nanofibrils (CN) and produce sugars from chemically pretreated soybean straw (SS) by alkali (NaOH 5 or 17.5%) and bleaching (NaClO2 3.3% or H2O2 4%) pretreatments.

TL;DR: The low solubility and the reasonable water vapor permeability of the composite films make them suitable packaging materials for fresh fruit and vegetables.