Low-cost nano- super absorbents for health industries from wheat waste

Researchers at Shahid Beheshti
University have synthesized a nano-super-absorbent from wheat waste that, while
being more compatible with the environment, has high water absorption capacity,
and can be used in healthcare industries.

Dr Seyed Rahman Jafari, a member of
the faculty of Shahid Beheshti University, pointed out the disadvantages of
organic materials used in the production of superabsorbants in the market, said
that hypersensitive health conditions in the market can be used to create
susceptibility to neonates, which is to address this problem. These studies
were conducted to investigate the strength of cellulose nanofibers derived from
wheat waste in water absorption and storage as well as superabsorbent
reinforcement ability.

He noted that in addition to
minimizing the health problems of using superabsorbants, the cost of their
production was reduced to about one-third of the market’s superabsorbent.

The researcher noted the super
absorption mechanism and their special efficiency in the agricultural field:
superabsorbers consist of three-dimensional hydrophilic polymers that can store
large amounts of water through hydrogen bonding with water molecules. Thus, in
recent years, their use in the agricultural field has increased, because
superabsorbents can be prevented from storing and releasing water in a timely
manner.

Jafari stated that in this study all
the raw materials for the synthesis of naturally occurring nanoparticles and
derived from cellulose have been noted, including carboxymethyl cellulose,
ethyl cellulose, cellulose nanofibers, as well as citric acid as the agent for
crosslinking and after The nanosilver-absorbing synthesis has been used for
electron microscopy field publishing for microstructure study. Finally, the
amount of water absorption and salt solutions was evaluated.

A member of the faculty at Shahid
Beheshti University stated: “The results of this research indicate that
each gram of this nanosilver absorbs the ability to absorb 200 grams of water,
in the presence of 10 percent by weight of nanoparticle fiber, as well as the
ionic sensitivity of this the nanosubsubstrate has been reported between 0.73
and 0.98.

The results of this study were published
by Dr. Seyed Rahman Jafari and Dr. Esmail Rasuli Garmroudi, faculty members and
engineer Jalal Ranjbar, a graduate of the Master’s degree in Shahid Beheshti
University, and published in the journal Carbohydrate Polymers with the impact
factor of 5.158.