Table 4. Tensile strength, elastic modulus, and elongation at break of DES-LCNF and Enz-LCNF nanosheets
Sample | Enzyme concentration (%) | Enzyme treatment time (h) | Tensile strength (MPa) | Elastic modulus (GPa) | Elongation at break (%) |
DES-LCNF | - | - | 78.4 ± 6.7 | 3.3 ± 0.4 | 4.7 ± 0.7 |
Enz-LCNF | 1 | 24 | 75.8 ± 9.8 | 4.7 ± 0.3 | 3.4 ± 1.2 |
| 3 | 12 | 36.2 ± 1.5 | 2.4 ± 0.3 | 2.9 ± 0.8 |
| | 24 | 42.9 ± 2.2 | 3.6 ± 1.9 | 1.6 ± 1.3 |
| | 48 | 33.3 ± 12.2 | 5.4 ± 0.2 | 0.5 ± 0.3 |
| 5 | 24 | 40.6 ± 3.3 | 3.8 ± 1.8 | 0.7 ± 0.5 |
DES-LCNF: deep eutectic solvent-lignocellulose nanofibrils, Enz-LCNF: two-step DES pretreatment.