An Insight Analysis of Nano sized powder of Jackfruit Seed

TL;DR

This study investigates nano-sized particles of jackfruit seed, analyzing their size, morphology, and crystallinity using X-ray diffraction, and introduces a morphology index to relate particle features.

Contribution

It presents a simple, eco-friendly method for producing nano-sized jackfruit seed particles and develops a morphology index linking particle size and surface area.

Findings

Particle size is 12 nm

Specific surface area is 625 m2/g

Morphology index correlates with particle size and surface area

Abstract

The preparation of biodegradable nanomaterials by blending starch nanocrystals with various polymer matrices are the most active research. This work reports aspect related to nano-sized particles of jackfruit seed. This approach is simple, faster, eco-friendly, cost effective and suitable for large scale production. X-Ray Diffraction studies analyze particles size, morphology, type of starch and degree of crystallinity. The particle size is found to be 12nm, specific surface area is 625 m2g-1, contains A-type starch and 32% degree of crystallinity. A morphology index (MI) is developed from FWHM of XRD data to understand interrelationship of particle size and specific surface area. MI range is from 0.50 to 0.74. It is correlated with the particle size and specific surface area. It is observed that MI has direct relationship with particle size and an inverse relationship with specific surface area.