Morphological and Crystallinity Studies of Nanofiber Cellulose Based on  Sargassum  sp. Using Multistep Preparation

Nurhayati Nurhayati; Hari Eko Irianto; Mochamad Chalid; Rini Riastuti

doi:10.22146/ijc.104211

Morphological and Crystallinity Studies of Nanofiber Cellulose Based on Sargassum sp. Using Multistep Preparation

https://doi.org/10.22146/ijc.104211

Nurhayati Nurhayati⁽¹⁾, Hari Eko Irianto⁽²⁾, Mochamad Chalid⁽³⁾, Rini Riastuti^(4*)

(1) Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, Depok 16424, Indonesia; Research Center for Marine and Land Bioindustry, National Research and Innovation Agency, Tangerang Selatan 15314, Indonesia; Research Center for Biomass and Bioproduct, National Research and Innovation Agency, Cibinong 16911, Indonesia
(2) Research Center for Marine and Land Bioindustry, National Research and Innovation Agency, Tangerang Selatan 15314, Indonesia; Research Center for Biomass and Bioproduct, National Research and Innovation Agency, Cibinong 16911, Indonesia; Food and Technology Study Program, Faculty of Food Technology and Health, Sahid University, Jakarta 12870, Indonesia
(3) Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, Depok 16424, Indonesia; Center for Sustainable and Waste Management, Universitas Indonesia, Depok 16424, Indonesia
(4) Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, Depok 16424, Indonesia
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the crystallinity and morphological characteristics of cellulose nanofibers (CNF) isolated from Sargassum seaweed through a multistep preparation. The isolation was conducted in stages, including alkalinization, bleaching, and mechanical reduction in fiber size. In addition to observing the outcomes at each isolation stage, three mechanical processes were implemented to generate CNF. The observed parameters included fiber morphology analyzed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and fiber crystallinity tested using X-ray diffraction (XRD). The results indicated that Sargassum mostly exhibits a type Iα structure of cellulose. The multistep treatment, combined with mechanical processing, resulted in finer fibers and an improved crystallinity index, reaching a maximum value of 70.39%. These findings suggest that cellulose nanofibers from Sargassum have the potential to be used in sustainable biomedical materials.

Keywords

Sargassum sp.; cellulose nanofiber; multistep preparation

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22146/ijc.104211