Robin Zuluaga Gallego

Dr. Robin Zuluaga Gallego

Facultad de Agronomía. Producción y Sanidad Vegetal, Universidad del Tolima, Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia
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Academic Career Length

23Years (2004-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 March 2009 in Carbohydrate Polymers
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Robin Zuluaga GallegoRobin Zuluaga Gallego
Robin Zuluaga Gallego
JPJean-Luc Putaux
Jean-Luc Putaux
JCJavier Cruz
Javier Cruz
JVJuan Vélez
Juan Vélez
IMIñaki Mondragon
Iñaki Mondragon
PGPiedad Gañán
Piedad Gañán

1 February 2011 in Carbohydrate Polymers
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CCCristina Castro
Cristina Castro
Robin Zuluaga GallegoRobin Zuluaga Gallego
Robin Zuluaga Gallego
JPJean-Luc Putaux
Jean-Luc Putaux
GCGloria Caro
Gloria Caro
IMIñaki Mondragon
Iñaki Mondragon
PGPiedad Gañán
Piedad Gañán

1 June 2016 in Food Hydrocolloids
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CHCatalina Gómez Hoyos
Catalina Gómez Hoyos
ASA. Serpa
A. Serpa
JVJorge Andrés Velasquez-Cock
Jorge Andrés Velasquez-Cock
PGP. Gañán
P. Gañán
CCC. Castro
C. Castro
Robin Zuluaga GallegoRobin Zuluaga Gallego
Robin Zuluaga Gallego

1 August 2012 in Carbohydrate Polymers
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CCCristina Castro
Cristina Castro
Robin Zuluaga GallegoRobin Zuluaga Gallego
Robin Zuluaga Gallego
CÁCatalina Álvarez
Catalina Álvarez
JPJean-Luc Putaux
Jean-Luc Putaux
GCGloria Caro
Gloria Caro
PGPiedad Gañán
Piedad Gañán

31 March 2007 in Cellulose
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Robin Zuluaga GallegoRobin Zuluaga Gallego
Robin Zuluaga Gallego
JPJean-Luc Putaux
Jean-Luc Putaux
ARAdriana Restrepo-Osorio
Adriana Restrepo-Osorio
IMIñaki Mondragon
Iñaki Mondragon
Piedad Felisinda GañánPiedad Felisinda Gañán
Piedad Felisinda Gañán

29 November 2022 in Polymers
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NMNicolas Montoya-Escobar
Nicolas Montoya-Escobar
DODaniel Ospina-Acero
Daniel Ospina-Acero
JVJorge Andrés Velasquez-Cock
Jorge Andrés Velasquez-Cock
CHCatalina Gómez Hoyos
Catalina Gómez Hoyos
AGAngélica Serpa Guerra Angélica Serpa Guerra
Angélica Serpa Guerra Angélica Serpa Guerra
Pablo StefaniPablo Stefani
Pablo Stefani
Cellulose crystallinity can be described according to the crystal size and the crystallinity index (CI). In this research, using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) methods, we studied the crystallinity of three different types of cellulose: banana rachis (BR), commercial cellulose (CS), and bacterial cellulose (BC). For each type of cellulose, we analyzed three different crystallization grades. These variations were obtained using three milling conditions: 6.5 h, 10 min, and unmilled (films). We developed a code in MATLAB software to perform deconvolution of the XRD data to estimate CI and full width at half-maximum (FWHM). For deconvolution, crystalline peaks were represented with Voigt functions, and a Fourier series fitted to the amorphous profile was used as the amorphous contribution, which allowed the contribution of the amorphous profile to be more effectively modeled. Comparisons based on the FTIR spectra and XRD results showed there were no compositional differences between the amorphous samples. However, changes associated with crystallinity were observed when the milling time was 10 min. The obtained CI (%) values show agreement with values reported in the literature and confirm the effectiveness of the method used in this work in predicting the crystallization aspects of cellulose samples.