Structural, morphological and micromechanical characterization of gelatin-bacterial cellulose natural composites

Franck Quero; Abigail Coveney; Anna E. Lewandowska; Paulo Díaz-Calderón; Robert M. Richardson; Koon Yang Lee; Stephen J. Eichhorn; M. Ashraf Alam; Javier Enrione

Structural, morphological and micromechanical characterization of gelatin-bacterial cellulose natural composites

Franck Quero, Abigail Coveney, Anna E. Lewandowska, Paulo Díaz-Calderón, Robert M. Richardson, Koon Yang Lee, Stephen J. Eichhorn, M. Ashraf Alam, Javier Enrione

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Abstract

The effect of adding bacterial cellulose (BC) to gelatin was investigated. Structural and morphological information from the resulting composite materials was obtained from powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and 2D Raman imaging, revealing an in-homogeneous dispersion of BC within the gelatin matrix. The optical properties of the composite materials were investigated by UV-visible spectrophotometry. The results showed that by adding 10 wt.% BC to gelatin, visible transparency was reduced by ~35 % and UV opacity was increased by ~40 %, compared to gelatin. For the first time, the molecular interaction between gelatin and BC was investigated by Raman spectroscopy showing that it is a relevant tool to quantify the micromechanical interfacial interaction between gelatin and BC.

Original language	English
State	Published - 1 Jan 2015
Event	20th International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM 2015 - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 19 Jul 2015 → 24 Jul 2015

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Conference	20th International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM 2015
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	19/07/15 → 24/07/15

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Funding Information:
F.Q. and J.E. would like to thank FONDECYT (Chile) under the grants N° 3140036 and N° 1140132 respectively and A.C. the EPSRC (UK) under the grant N° EP/G036780/1 for financial support.

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© 2015 International Committee on Composite Materials. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Bacterial cellulose
Composites
Gelatin
Interfaces

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Quero, F., Coveney, A., Lewandowska, A. E., Díaz-Calderón, P., Richardson, R. M., Lee, K. Y., Eichhorn, S. J., Ashraf Alam, M., & Enrione, J. (2015). Structural, morphological and micromechanical characterization of gelatin-bacterial cellulose natural composites. Paper presented at 20th International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Structural, morphological and micromechanical characterization of gelatin-bacterial cellulose natural composites

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