Production and sustainable hydrophobization of bacterial cellulose

JHON ALEJANDRO AVILA RAMIREZ; PATRICIA CERRUTTI; ANALIA VAZQUEZ; MARIA LAURA FORESTI

San Petersburgo

Conferencia; Second International conference on thermoplastic polymers; 2015

The conference given dealt with the production of bacterial nanocellulose (type of strain, types of fermentors used, key variables), characterization of its properties (chemical structure, morphology, thermal properties, crystallinity, storage modulus, etc), and its sustainable hydrophobization by a novel ecofriendly route involving alfa-hydroxyacids as catalysts. Characterization results of acetylated bacterial cellulose by RMN, FTIR, XRD, contact angle and dispersibility were discussed.