Oil palm biomass is a readily available raw material for production of green chemicals such
as levulinic acid and ethanol. One of the major problems on the conversion of this biomass …

Crystallinity analysis is important for practical reasons and related research can offer
information on the nature of amorphous cellulose. Two papers in this issue mark a transition …

In this study, the methods developed to determine the degree of crystallinity of polymers by X-
ray diffraction (XRD) until the date which this study was done were investigated in …

The Segal method estimates the amorphous fraction of cellulose Iβ materials simply based
on intensity at 18° 2θ in an X-ray diffraction pattern and was extended to cellulose II using …

Sago (Cycas circinalis) seed shells are agricultural waste materials discarded after taking
the pith. In the present study Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are isolated from the sago seed …

This paper addresses two fundamental issues in the peak deconvolution method of
cellulose XRD data analysis: there is no standard model for amorphous cellulose and …

The X-ray diffraction-based Segal Crystallinity Index (CI) was calculated for simulated
different sizes of crystallites for cellulose Iβ and II. The Mercury software was used, and …

Brewery spent grain (BSG), the main waste of the brewery industry, is often disposed of or
sold as an animal feed at low prices, neglecting the potential for further valorization. In this …

The effect of drying method on selected material properties of nanocellulose was
investigated. Samples of nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) and cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) …

Biocomposites of chitosan (CS)/cellulose nanocrystals (CN) were prepared by using
solution casting method. Influences of solution preparation method and CN content on the …