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.