Rice is the main staple food in most of the Asian countries and rice crops generate a huge
amount of rice straw as crop residue in the fields. Unsustainable use of rice straw and open …

Natural fibers from agricultural wastes are finding their importance in the polymer industry
due to the many advantages such as their light weight, low cost and being environmentally …

The isolation of cellulose nanofibres from arecanut husk was achieved by a chemo-
mechanical method thereby opening up a means for utilizing a waste product more …

Pure cellulose have been isolated from rice straw at 36% yield and hydrolyzed (64%
H2SO4, 8.75 mL/g, 45° C) for 30 and 45min to cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), ie, CNC30 …

Nanocrystalline cellulose has emerged out as a substantial nanomaterial in recent years
due to its peculiar characteristics such as bio renewability and sustainability while having …

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) were isolated from rice straw (RS), wheat straw (WS), and
barley straw (BS) by using acid hydrolysis method. They were fibrous in shape with length …

Rice husk is a form of agricultural biomass that provides an abundant silicon source. This
study used rice husk as a raw material to prepare nanosilica without adding an extra …

The rice husk is the outer covering of a rice kernel and protects the inner ingredients from
external attack by insects and bacteria. To perform this function while ventilating air and …

Rice straw is a waste product generated after the harvesting of rice crops and is commonly
disposed of by burning it off in open fields. This study explored the potential for the extraction …

White ash, containing majority of SiO2 with trace amounts of Al2O3, CaO, MgO, K2O, P2O5,
etc., was successfully produced by heating rice straw at 10° C/min and holding at 250, 325 …