Bacterial Cellulose Towards Functional Green Composites Materials
Nanobiocellulose has established to be a remarkably versatile biomaterial and can be used in wide variety of applied scientific endeavours, especially for medical devices. In fact, biomedical devices recently have gained a significant amount of attention because of an increased interest
in tissueengineered products for both wound care and the regeneration of damaged or diseased organs. Due to its unique nanostructure and properties, microbial cellulose is a natural candidate for numerous medical and tissue-engineered applications. The architecture of nanobiocellulose materials
can be engineered over length scales ranging from nano to macro by controlling the biofabrication process. In this work, bacterial cellulose biocomposites were obtained by change fermentation medium with sugar cane, honey and dates paste (Dibs). SEM and AFM images showed differents surface
morphology. FTIR analysis found some interactions between these additives. DSC and TGA showed higher thermal properties and change crystallinity of the developed bionanocomposite.
Keywords: BACTERIAL CELLULOSE; BIONANOCOMPOSITES; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; GREEN COMPOSITES
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 December 2011
- Bionanoscience attempts to harness various functions of biological macromolecules and integrate them with engineering for technological applications. It is based on a bottom-up approach and encompasses structural biology, biomacromolecular engineering, material science, and engineering, extending the horizon of material science. The journal aims at publication of (i) Letters (ii) Reviews (3) Concepts (4) Rapid communications (5) Research papers (6) Book reviews (7) Conference announcements in the interface between chemistry, physics, biology, material science, and technology. The use of biological macromolecules as sensors, biomaterials, information storage devices, biomolecular arrays, molecular machines is significantly increasing. The traditional disciplines of chemistry, physics, and biology are overlapping and coalescing with nanoscale science and technology. Currently research in this area is scattered in different journals and this journal seeks to bring them under a single umbrella to ensure highest quality peer-reviewed research for rapid dissemination in areas that are in the forefront of science and technology which is witnessing phenomenal and accelerated growth.
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