Pineapple Leaf Fibers Coated with Polyacrylamide Hydrogel

Ghazali, Siti Khairunisah; Adrus, Nadia; Jamaluddin, Jamarosliza

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.695.139

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“…However, the resistance to compression and the elongation is increased in hydrogels obtained from pineapple leaf fiber pretreated with NaOH and acrylamide using NN-methylene bisacrylamide as compared to hydrogels obtained with untreated fiber due to an increasing chemical treatment in the fiber surface area, which improves the interfacial fiber adhesion into the acrylamide. In addition, the increase of active sites facilitates the initiator and crosslinker action (Ghazali, Adrus & Jamaluddin, 2014).…”

Section: Resistance To Compression and Elastic Modulusmentioning

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Natural fibers for hydrogels production and their applications in agriculture

Serna-Cock¹,

Guancha-Chalapud²

2017

Acta Agron.

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This paper presents a review on hydrogels applied to agriculture emphasizing on the use of natural fibers. The objectives were to examine, trends in research addressed to identify natural fibers used in hydrogels development and methods for modifying natural fibers, understand factors which determine the water retention capacity of a hydrogel. Consequently, this paper shows some methodologies used to evaluate the hydrogels efficiency and to collect in tables, relevant information in relation to methods of natural fibers modification and hydrogel synthesis. It was found that previous research focused on hydrogels development processed with biodegradable polymers such as starch, chitosan and modified natural fibers, cross-linked with potassium acrylate and acrylamide, respectively. In addition, current researches aimed to obtaining hydrogels with improved properties, which have allowed a resistance to climatic variations and soil physicochemical changes, such as pH, presence of salts, temperature and composition. In fact, natural fibers such as sugarcane, agave fiber and kapok fiber, modified with maleic anhydride, are an alternative to obtain hydrogels due to an increasing of mechanical properties and chemically active sites. However, the use of natural nanofibers in hydrogels, has been a successful proposal to improve hydrogels mechanical and swelling properties, since they give to material an elasticity and rigidity properties. A hydrogel efficiency applied to soil, is measured throughout properties as swellability, mechanical strength, and soil water retention. It was concluded that hydrogels, are an alternative to the current needs for the agricultural sector.Key words: Hydrogels, methods of modifying fiber, nanofibers, superabsorbent, water retention capacity. ResumenEn el presente artículo se presenta una revisión de literatura sobre hidrogeles aplicados a la agricultura, haciéndose mayor énfasis en el uso de fibras vegetales. Los objetivos fueron examinar las tendencias en la investigación, identificar las fibras naturales utilizadas en el desarrollo de hidrogeles, mostrar los métodos de modificación de fibras naturales para la elaboración de hidrogeles, entender los factores que determinan la capacidad de retención de agua de un hidrogel, mostrar algunas metodologías empleadas para evaluar la eficiencia de un hidrogel y recopilar en tablas, información relevante en relación a métodos de modificación de fibras naturales y de síntesis de hidrogeles. Se encontró que las investigaciones se orientan al desarrollo de hidrogeles elaborados a bases de polímeros biodegradables como almidón, quitosano y fibras vegetales modificadas, entrecruzadas con acrilato de potasio y acrilamida. Además, las investigaciones apuntan a la obtención de hidrogeles con propiedades mejoradas, que permitan resistir las variaciones climáticas y los cambios fisicoquímicos del suelo como el pH, la presencia de sales, temperatura y composición. Fibras naturales como caña de azúcar, fibra de agave y fibra de kapoc, modificadas con ...

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Section: Resistance To Compression and Elastic Modulusmentioning

confidence: 99%