RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Preparation of cellulose aerogels from ionic liquid solutions for supercritical impregnation of phytol A1 Lopes, Joana A1 Mustapa, Ana Najwa Binti A1 Pantic, Milica A1 Bermejo Roda, Maria Dolores A1 Martín Martínez, Ángel A1 Novak, Zoran A1 Knez, Zeljko A1 Cocero Alonso, María José K1 Materiales K1 Supercritical K1 Impregnation K1 Aerogel K1 Phytol K1 Cellulose K1 Ionic liquids AB The use of natural polysaccharides is especially attractive to the pharmaceutical industry because of their stability, availability, renewability and low toxicity. In this study, cellulose aerogels obtained from cellulose/ionic liquid solutions were prepared by supercritical drying with surface areas ranged from 154 to 434 m2 g−1, pore volume from 0.3 to 2.4 cm3 g−1 and pore diameter from 7.9 to 34 nm. Drug loading capacity was investigated by impregnating phytol as model compound into the aerogels, using supercritical CO2 at 100 bar, 40 °C and mass ratio of phytol per gram of aerogel 10:1. The quantity of drug present is consistent in each aerogel. The aerogel prepared from 2 wt% cellulose in [Emim][DEP] solution showed the highest loading capacity. The high amount of drug loaded (approx 50% w/w) in the cellulose aerogels prepared from ionic liquid solutions shows their potential uses in the pharmaceutical or medical industry. PB Elsevier B.V. SN 0896-8446 YR 2017 FD 2017 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/26138 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/26138 LA eng NO The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, Diciembre 2017, vol 130, p. 17-22 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 24-dic-2024