Sustrato de hidrogel de celulosa modificado con macroporosidad mediante microtomografía computarizada e impresión 3D para cultivo sin suelo

Ángel Iván Belmonte Torres; Juan Israel Aguilar Duque; Guillermo Amaya Parra

doi:10.37636/recit.v6n3e256

Authors

Ángel Iván Belmonte Torres Facultad de Ingenieria, Arquitectura y Diseño, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, México https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5167-7708
Juan Israel Aguilar Duque Facultad de Ingenieria, Arquitectura y Diseño, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, México https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6549-3040
Guillermo Amaya Parra Facultad de Ingeniería, Arquitectura y Diseño, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, México https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5375-1092

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37636/recit.v6n3e256

Keywords:

Cellulose hydrogel, Substrate, 3D printing, Soilless culture, Computed microtomograph

Abstract

Soilless cultivation is an agricultural technique that allows higher crop yields, showing several advantages over traditional agriculture, this technique requires improvements in the substrates used to obtain higher production and quality. Cellulose-derived hydrogels promise to be a good alternative as substrate due to their hydrophilic properties; however, they lack good aeration. It is proposed to use cellulose as raw material for the synthesis of cellulose hydrogels assisted by computerized microtomography to generate a model with a porosity of 15-30% and reproduce it by 3D printing by digital light processing (DLP). The aim is to obtain a cellulose hydrogel substrate with better properties than commercial substrates, and to implement 3D printing in agriculture.

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