Affiliations 

  • 1 Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 43400UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. ferialghaemi@yahoo.com
  • 2 Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 43400UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 3 Faculty of Science and Technology, School of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology, Polymer Research Center (PORCE), Universiti Kebangsan Malaysia (UKM), 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 43400UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 5 Medical Toxicology Research Center, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Science, Mashhad, Iran
Nanoscale Res Lett, 2018 Apr 20;13(1):112.
PMID: 29679180 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-018-2508-3

Abstract

In this research, natural nanomaterials including cellulose nanocrystal (CNC), nanofiber cellulose (NFC), and synthetic nanoparticles such as carbon nanofiber (CNF) and carbon nanotube (CNT) with different structures, sizes, and surface areas were produced and analyzed. The most significant contribution of this study is to evaluate and compare these nanomaterials based on the effects of their structures and morphologies on their electrochemical, biomedical, and thermal properties. Based on the obtained results, the natural nanomaterials with low dimension and surface area have zero cytotoxicity effects on the living cells at 12.5 and 3.125 μg/ml concentrations of NFC and CNC, respectively. Meanwhile, synthetic nanomaterials with the high surface area around 15.3-21.1 m2/g and significant thermal stability (480 °C-600 °C) enhance the output of electrode by creating a higher surface area and decreasing the current flow resistance.

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