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- The study explores the use of nanochitin, a natural nanomaterial, to enhance the strength of paper by combining it with cellulose fibers.
- Two types of chitin nanowhiskers with different surface charges were tested, revealing that positively charged nanochitin significantly improves the wet strength of the paper.
- With a 2% addition of chitin nanowhiskers, the wet strength index increased to 2.48 N·m/g, showing potential for better performance in paper-based liquid analysis devices, as demonstrated by successful glucose assays.
Article Abstract
In this paper, nanochitin was used as an alternative natural nanomaterial to combine with cellulose fibers for fabricating high-strength paper. Two typical chitin nanowhiskers having contrasting sign of surface charge were compared to evaluate the enhancement performance on paper in details. The results show that nanochitin with positive charges on the surface has a significant effect on the strength properties of the prepared paper, especially on wet strength. When the dosage of chitin nanowhiskers was 2%, the wet strength index was increased to 2.48 N·m/g, which is important for paper-based analytical devices with the common use in liquid analysis. Typical colorimetric glucose assays were successfully performed, suggesting the improved analytical performance on these prepared paper.
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