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POS9-0267

Sustainable Upcycling of Rice Bran into Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanodots with Enhanced Antioxidant Activity.

Topic

S9. Polymer Technology for Sustainability

When and Where

Sep 30, 2026   08:30 - 09:30
Room 301 (Grand Ballroom)

Session Chairs

Heesuk KIM
Jinhye BAE

Presenter(s)

Minah Park (Undergraduate Student, Department of Food Bioscience and Technology, Korea University, Korea.)

Co-Author(s)

Jaejoon (Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Korea.)

Abstract

Rice bran, a major biomass byproduct of rice milling, holds great potential for upcycling into value-added materials. In this study, carbon nanodots (CNDs) were synthesized from rice bran via a simple hydrothermal method, with nitrogen doping achieved using urea to enhance antioxidant properties. ABTS assays revealed that nitrogen-doped CNDs (N-CNDs) exhibited significantly higher antioxidant activity than undoped CNDs, showing a 61% reduction in IC50. FT-IR, UV-Vis, and fluorescence spectroscopies indicated distinct changes in surface functional groups, electronic structures, and surface states after doping. Furthermore, XPS confirmed successful nitrogen incorporation, suggesting that an increased proportion of pyridinic nitrogen relative to pyrrolic nitrogen plays a key role in the enhanced antioxidant performance. These findings suggest that rice bran-derived N-CNDs have potential for use as antioxidant additives in biodegradable polymer-based active packaging applications.

Supported by
Korea Tourism Organization BUSAN TOURISM ORGANIZATION
Sponsored by
DONGWOO FINE-CHEM Co., Ltd. Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology Advanced Materials Division Sejin CI DONGJIN SEMICHEM HAEDONG SCIENCE FOUNDATION COSMAX EcoProBM Young Eng. Sci. Doosan SAMSUNG SDI S-OIL 한국도레이과학진흥재단