CaCO3/biopolymer composite films prepared using supercritical CO2

H Wakayama*, Simon R Hall, Y Fukushima, S Mann

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Abstract

Supercritical CO2 was used to produce CaCO3 thin films on biopolymers such as cellulose and chitosan coated on glass substrates from aqueous solutions of calcium acetate and poly( acrylic acid) (PAA). The scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) results suggest that nucleation occurred throughout the biopolymer matrix, followed by crystal growth into vaterite particles. This methodology is a promising process for the fixation of CO2 and utilization of biomass.

Translated title of the contributionCaCO3/biopolymer composite films prepared using supercritical CO2
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3332-3334
Number of pages3
JournalIndustrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
Volume45
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 May 2006
Event7th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids - Orlando, United Kingdom
Duration: 1 May 20054 May 2005

Bibliographical note

Publisher: ACS Publishing

Keywords

  • NUCLEATION
  • GROWTH

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