General Objective: Develop filaments for 3D printing based on crystalline nanocellulose from agricultural waste from the Amazon Chakra as an eco-friendly alternative for the additive manufacturing of sustainable products with high added value.
Specific objectives:
- Optimize protocols for the efficient extraction of cellulose nanocrystals from cassava, banana, and cocoa peels, using delignification, bleaching, and hydrolysis techniques.
- Characterize the physicochemical properties of cellulose nanocrystals obtained through different instrumental analysis techniques.
- Produce filaments using a pellet extrusion method with different proportions of polylactic acid and cellulose nanocrystals from cassava, banana and cocoa.
- Characterize the physicochemical and mechanical properties of the filaments obtained using various instrumental and tensile analysis techniques.
- Evaluate the performance of filaments obtained through 3D printing by fused deposition modeling of a porous molecular scaffold.
- Disseminate the results and progress of the project through scientific publications, infographics, videos.
Participating Institutions:
IKIAM, UEB, ESPOL, YACHAY
Project Director Edgar Marcelo Vilcacundo Chamorro
Participants:
- Gabriel Eduardo Mazon Ortiz
- Luis Miguel Quishpe Quishpe
- Peter Darwin Iza Toapanta
- Jorge Briceno
- Miguel Herrera Robledo
Awarded budget: $35200.00
Project Status: Awarded
