Fabrication and characterization of microfibrillated cellulose and collagen composite films

Microfibrillated cellulose(MFC)-collagen composite films were prepared with a dispersion of acid swollen collagen fibers and carboxylated MFC at different ratios in an alkaline homogenous system.The surface topographic results obtained from SEM analyses indicated that the MFC entangled uniformly with collagen in the film and formed a closely interwoven network to reinforce the film structure.However,the MFC addition decreased the smoothness and light transparency of the films due to the aggregation of MFC.Compared to the film prepared with pure collagen,the hybrid composite film showed a higher strength and Young’s modulus but lower elongation.The swelling of the composite film in water increased with the increase of the MFC ratio in the film matrix.DSC and TG analyses demonstrated that adding MFC to collagen benefited the thermal stability of the films,due to the conformational and crystal changes in the MFC/collagen structure indicated by the FT-IR and XRD results.The MFC/collagen composite film can potentially be used as an edible material in the food and packaging industry,in particular for meat products.

Fabrication of the Metal-Organic Framework Membrane with Excellent Adsorption Properties for Paraben Based on Micro Fibrillated Cellulose

A kind of novel environmental-friendly composite absorbent material was designed and prepared in this paper.Nanoscale metal-organic frameworks(MOFs)were embedded in the skeleton of cotton micro fibrillated cellulose.By scanning electron microscope(SEM),we observed that a large number of MOFs were attached to the cellulose skeleton.In addition,under the condition of 1800 r/min vortex,the structure of the composite material was stable and was not easily damaged by external forces.The water contact angle test showed that the composite material had excellent hydrophilicity and could be used for the adsorption of pollutants.Then,the material was characterized by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy(EDX),X-ray diffraction(XRD),Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR)and BET adsorption.Through verification,the material had very stable reusability(n=10).The composite material was applied to the solid phase extraction of water samples,such as rain water,toning water and fruit juice,and was quantitatively analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography(HPLC)-UV.This method was then applied to the extraction of four parabens(methyl-,ethyl-,propyl-,and butylparaben)from real samples,yielding limits of detection(LODs)of 0.29-0.58 ng/mL.The linear range was 2-500 ng/mL.The inter-day and intra-day recoveries were 90.7%-106.0%and 87.1%-109.3%,respectively(relative standard deviation<10.8%).