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OBJECTIVE:To characterize the structure and to evaluate the cytotoxicity of cellulose nanowhiskers (CNW) prepared from cotton linters. METHODS:A series of CNW dispersions was prepared by hydrolyzing cotton linters with sulfuric acid. The structure of CNW was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The cytotoxicity of CNW dispersions to L929 cells was preliminarily investigated by cell culture and MTT assay. RESULTS:SEM and TEM observation showed that the original cotton litters have been successfully acid-hydrolyzed into cellulose nanowhiskers having needle- or short rod-like structure with an average length of 250 nm and diameter of 10 nm. XRD patterns suggested that degree of crystalline in the CNW was much higher than that in the cotton linters as a result that the acid-hydrolysis process has removed the amorphous domains in the cotton linters. The results from MTT assay and cell morphology observation indicated that CNW with concentration from 0.01% to 0.2% had low toxicity to L929 cells, while cytotoxicity showed an increase tendency with an increase in the concentration of CNW. CONCLUSIONS:Cellulose nanowhiskers dispersion could be prepared from cotton linters by acid-hydrolysis process. CNW showed potential applications as nanobiomaterials due to its low cytotoxicity.
journal_name
Biomed Mater Engjournal_title
Bio-medical materials and engineeringauthors
Ni H,Zeng S,Wu J,Cheng X,Luo T,Wang W,Zeng W,Chen Ydoi
10.3233/BME-2012-0697subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-01-01 00:00:00pages
121-7issue
1-3eissn
0959-2989issn
1878-3619pii
V3278M2723151721journal_volume
22pub_type
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