FTIR analysis of polyethylene glycol treated bacterial cellulose pellicle

Abstract

Abstrak. This research identified the effect of additional polyethylene glycol (PEG) in bacterial cellulose made from pineapple peel waste. The produced pellicles were soaked in PEG solution with 0%, 1%, 2.5%, and 5%. Then, they were homogenised using an ultrasonic homogeniser for 15 minutes before dried using the freeze-drying method. The functional groups were observed using FTIR. The functional groups showed the presence of cellulose I and cellulose II at 439.08 cm-1, 2895.15 cm-1, 1963.53 cm-1 1633.71 cm-1, 1315.45 cm-1, 839.03 cm-1 wavenumbers. Additional PEG caused an increase of the C-H bond at 1963.53 cm-1 wave number.