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Research Project: Innovative Approaches for Value Added Cotton-Containing Nonwovens

Location: Cotton Fiber Bioscience and Utilization Research

Title: Assessment of Low-Quality Cotton Fibers to Enhance In-Situ Silver Nanoparticle Production

Author
item Nam, Sunghyun
item RUNI, SHAIDA - Texas Tech University
item ABIDI, NOUREDDINE - Texas Tech University
item He, Zhongqi
item Kim, Hee-Jin
item Hinchliffe, Doug
item King, Holly

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/6/2024
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The chemical synthesis of metallic nanoparticles generally involves a reduction reaction that converts metal ions into metal atoms, followed by nucleation and particle growth. Raw cotton fibers contain naturally occurring reducing agents concentrated in the lumen and the primary cell wall, making them potential producers of nanoparticles. This study assesses low-quality cotton fibers for their enhanced ability to produce silver nanoparticles. Microscopic, HVI, AFIS, UV-vis spectroscopy analyses indicate that low-quality cotton fibers contain a greater amount of lumen and primary cell wall compared to standard cotton fibers of equivalent weight. As a result, the increased presence of non-cellulosic components in the lumen and the primary cell wall of low-quality cotton fibers, such as sugars, pectins, hemicellulose, cell nucleus, protoplasm, and other metabolic byproducts, serve as reducing agents, leading to a greater yield of silver nanoparticles.