Amizon Azizan, Aisyah Afiqah Samsudin, Minhalina Batrisyia Shamshul Baharin, Muhammad Harith Dzulkiflee, Nor Roslina Rosli, Noor Fitrah Abu Bakar, Muhammad Adlim
Cellulosic fiber (CF) in nanoform is emergingly finding its way for COVID-19 solution for instance via nanocomposite/nanoparticle from various abundant biopolymeric waste materials, which may not be widely commercialized when the pandemic strikes recently. The possibility is wide open but needs proper collection of knowledge and research data. Thus, this article firstly reviews CF produced from various lignocellulosic or biomass feedstocks’ pretreatment methods in various nanoforms or nanocomposites, also serving together with metal oxide (MeO) antimicrobial agents having certain analytical reporting. CF-MeO hybrid product can be a great option for COVID-19 antimicrobial resistant environment to be proposed considering the long-established CF and MeO laboratory investigations. Secondly, a preliminary pH investigation of 7 to 12 on zinc oxide synthesis discussing on Fouriertransform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) functional groups and scanning electron microscope (SEM) images are also presented, justifying the knowledge requirement for future stable nanocomposite formulation. In addition to that, recent precursors suitable for zinc oxide nanoparticle synthesis with emergingly prediction to serve as COVID-19 purposes via different products, aligning with CFs or nanocellulose for industrial applications are also reviewed. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Shah Alam, 40450, Malaysia; Graduate School of Mathematics and Applied Science, Universitas Syiah Kuala, 23111 Darussalam Banda Aceh, Kuala, Indonesia; Chemistry Department, FKIP, Universitas Syiah Kuala, 23111 Darussalam Banda Aceh, Kuala, Indonesia
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