1. Enzymatic coupled mechanical defibrillation process for the production of corn 1 (Zea mays) cob microfibrillated cellulose: preparation, characterization and 2 evaluation as Pickering emulsifier for oil-in-water emulsion 3 Authors 4 Teck-Kim Tang a , Yee-Ying Lee b,c , Eng-Tong Phuah d , Chin-Ping Tan e , 5 Sivaruby Kanagaratnam f , Yong Wang g , Ling-Zhi Cheong h , Ying Li g , Nurul Aini 6 Jamalullail a , Oi-Ming Lai a,i* 7 Affiliations 8 a International Joint Laboratory on Plant Oils Processing and Safety (POPS) JNU-UPM, 9 Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor. 10 b Monash-Industry Palm Oil Education and Research Platform, Monash University 11 Malaysia, 47500 Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia. 12 c School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, 47500 Bandar Sunway, Selangor, 13 Malaysia. 14 d Department and Agriculture and Food Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, 31900 15 Kampar, Perak. 16 e International Joint Laboratory on Plant Oils Processing and Safety (POPS) JNU-UPM, 17 Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti 18 Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia 19 f Food Technology and Nutrition Unit, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6 Persiaran Institusi, 20 Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. 21 g International Joint Laboratory on Plant Oils Processing and Safety (POPS) JNU-UPM, 22 Department of Food Science and Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Jinan 23 University, Guangzhou 510632, China. 24 h Department of Food Science, School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, Fenghua 25 Road 818, Ningbo, P.R. China 26 i Department of Bioprocess Technology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular 27 Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. 28 *Corresponding author 29 E-mail address: omlai@upm.edu.my 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39