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Detection of nanocellulose in commercial products and its size characterization using asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation

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The paper reports on a method for the detection of nanocellulose (NC) in consumer products by making use of a combination of (a) liquid-liquid extraction with an ionic liquid, and (b) size characterization by asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation (AF4) coupled to multi-angle light scattering (MALS) and refractive index (RI) detection. Both AF4 and MALS are viable tools for characterizing the size of the nanofibers. Sample preparation is easy, and the extraction efficiency of the method is 80.9 ± 1.8% (n = 5). It was applied to the detection of NC in toothpaste and coconut foodstuff to verify the practicability of the method.

Nanocellulose (NC) monitoring from coconut products and toothpaste and its size characterization by liquid-liquid extraction and asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation equipped with multi-angle light scattering and refractive index detection (AF4-MALS-RI).

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The authors would like to express their gratitude to the Spanish Ministry of Innovation and Science for funding Project CTQ2014-52939R. We also want to thank the Fine Chemistry Institute of the University of Córdoba for the technical support.

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    Celia Ruiz-Palomero, M. Laura Soriano & Miguel Valcárcel

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Ruiz-Palomero, C., Laura Soriano, M. & Valcárcel, M. Detection of nanocellulose in commercial products and its size characterization using asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation. Microchim Acta 184, 1069–1076 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-017-2106-6

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