Diverse Biomaterial from Bamboo Argentinian

NANCY LIS GARCIA DE RODRÍGUEZ, WIM THIELEMANS AND ALAIN DUFRESNE; CARLOS A. RODRIGUEZ; MIRTA FASCIO; NORMA D?ACCO

Congreso; The Second Global Bamboo and Rattan Congress; 2022

Tacuara cane, a specimen Argentine bamboo, is an invasive plant, with valorisation only in residential landscapes of ornamental planting in our country. Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin were obtained from this cane with a friendly and sustainable procedure. Cellulose nanofibrils were obtained, characterized, and efficiently modified to obtain performance films with PLA. On the other hand, hemicelluloses were used to obtain hydrogels with excellent dye adsorption properties and interesting metal removal behaviour. The lignin was used in films by electrospinning with a biodegradable polymer to be used in potential scaffolds for biomedicine.