Nanocellulose has advantages such as hydrophilicity, low density, high strength property and surface area. But, its hydrophilicity become a problem when it contact with polymer matrix in nanocomposites. So, it is necessary to modify hydrophilicity to ...
Nanocellulose has advantages such as hydrophilicity, low density, high strength property and surface area. But, its hydrophilicity become a problem when it contact with polymer matrix in nanocomposites. So, it is necessary to modify hydrophilicity to hydrophobicity through chemical modification. This work focused on the impact of solvent-free acetylation using iodine and sulfuric acids as a catalyst and compared the properties of acetylated cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) and cellulose microfibrils (CMFs). Various techniques such as attenuated total reflectance infrared (ATR-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and contact angle (CA) measurement were conducted to obtain degree of substitution (DS), crystallinity, thermal stability, and wettability.