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Isolation of Microcrystalline Cellulose from Wood and Fabrication of Polylactic Acid (PLA) Based Green Biocomposites

Selwin Maria Sekar¹, Rajini Nagarajan^1,*, Ponsuriyaprakash Selvakumar², Ismail Sikiru Oluwarotimi³, Kumar Krishnan⁴, Faruq Mohammad⁵, Mohammed Rafi Shaik⁵, Nadir Ayrilmis^6,*

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil, 626126, India
2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, SSM Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul, 624002, India
3 Department of Engineering, Centre for Engineering Research, School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9AB, UK
4 INTI International University, Persiaran Perdana BBN, Nilai, 71800, Malaysia
5 Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
6 Department of Wood Mechanics and Technology, Faculty of Forestry, Istanbul University–Cerrahpasa, Bahcekoy, Sariyer, Istanbul, 34473, Turkey

* Corresponding Authors: Rajini Nagarajan. Email: ; Nadir Ayrilmis. Email: