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Outra Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA) In the face of environmental issues and aiming at electronic devices of rapid production at low cost, this doctoral thesis proposed two new and innovative approaches to obtain substrates, dielectrics, and electrodes from a single biopolymer: cellulose. In a first moment, a simple approach to produce low-cost flexible ionic conductive cellulose mats (ICCMs) using solution blow spinning (SB-Spinning) is reported. The electrochemical properties of the ICCMs were adjusted through infiltration with alkali hydroxides (LiOH, NaOH, or KOH), which enabled of ICCMs application as dielectric and substrate in oxidebased field effect transistors (FETs) and pencil-drawn resistor-loaded inverters. The FETs showed good electrical performance under operating voltage

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) New materials from cellulose have been developed, such as cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and cellulose nanofibrils (CNF). Different morphologies of the cellulose can lead to the formation of films with different thermal, mechanical and optical properties in relation to conventional cellulose films. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of different dimensional scales of cellulose, micro and nanometric, on the production of cellulose films from two vegetable species and their thermal, mechanical, morphological and optical properties. Eucalyptus fibers and pineapple leave fiber (curauá) (PALF) were used as cellulosic fibers for this study. The films of eucalyptus and pineapple cellulosic fibers were prepared by filtration and casting, and the CNC and CNF films were obtained by continuous casting. The CNC and CNF films showed mechanical tensile strength in the order of 9 to 35 MPa higher than the films of cellulose fibers, regardless of the origin of the fiber. The continuous casting process produced CNC and CNF films that presented different mechanical resistance in the longitudinal direction of the process with respect to the transverse direction. This behavior may be related to how hydrogen bonds and mechanical anchorages occur between nanofibers. The thermal stability of the nanocellulose films was lower in the order of 20 to 150 ºC than in the films of fibers due to the routes of obtaining the CNC and CNF. Nanofiber films presented lower opacity in the order of 3 to 60% lower than the films of fibers due to the diameter of the nanocelluloses. Curauá fibers had the highest crystallinity index (Ic) reaching 87%. It is concluded that the properties studied were influenced by the type of nanocellulose (CNC or CNF), the origin of the cellulose (eucalyptus or pineapple), and the micro and nanometric scale of the fibers. Novos materiais a partir da celulose tem sido obtidos, como os nanocristais de celulose (CNC) e as nanofibrilas de celulose (CNF). Diferentes morfologias da celulose podem levar a formação de filmes com propriedades térmicas, mecânicas e ópticas diferentes de filmes de celulose convencional. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito de diferentes morfologias de fibras de celulose, micro e nanométricas, na obtenção de filmes - provenientes de duas espécies vegetais – e em suas propriedades térmicas, mecânicas, ópticas e morfológicas. Utilizou-se como fibras celulósicas para este estudo as fibras de eucalipto e fibras de folhas de abacaxi (curauá) (PALF). Os filmes de fibras celulósicas de eucalipto e de abacaxi foram confeccionados por filtragem e casting, e os filmes de CNC e CNF foram obtidos por continuous casting. Os filmes de CNC e CNF apresentaram resistência mecânica à tração, na ordem de 9 a 35 MPa superior aos filmes de fibras de celulose, independente da origem da fibra. O processamento por continuous casting produziu filmes de CNC e CNF que apresentaram resistência mecânica diferente no sentido longitudinal ao processo com relação ao sentido transversal. Este comportamento pode estar relacionado de que forma ocorrem às ligações de hidrogênio e os emaranhamentos mecânicos entre as nanofibras. A estabilidade térmica dos filmes de nanofibra foi menor na ordem de 20 a 150 ºC do que aos filmes de fibras devido às rotas de obtenção das CNC e CNF. Os filmes de nanofibra apresentaram menor opacidade, na ordem de 3 a 60% inferior, que os filmes de fibras devido ao diâmetro das nanofibras. As fibras de curauá apresentaram o maior índice cristalinidade (Ic) chegando a 87%. Conclui-se que a propriedades estudadas foram influenciadas pelo tipo de nanofibra (CNC ou CNF), pela origem da celulose (eucalipto ou abacaxi), e pela escala micro e nanométrica das fibras.