PMID: 30148547Mar 1, 2017Paper

Experimental and Theoretical Study on Terahertz Spectra for Regenerated Cellulose

Guang pu xue yu guang pu fen xi = Guang pu
Ze-lin DaiYa-dong Jiang

Abstract

In this work, regenerated cellulose films were prepared with an iced dissolution method, while the physical morphologies and crystal types of the products were systematically characterized with scanning electron microscope (SEM), Fourier transform infrared(FTIR), while X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). The results demonstrate that the as-prepared continuous and uniform films are indeed cellulose Ⅱ, whose morphology and crystal type are significantly different from those of the degreased cotton. Moreover, Terahertz time domain system (THz-TDS) and FTIR were employed to measure the THz spectra of the regenerated cellulose films. Accordingly, the THz characteristic peaks for the regenerated cellulose films are experimentally identified for the first time. In addition, the increase of the THz transmittance with the decrease of the wavenumber is attributed to the existence of amorphous components in the regenerated cellulose films. Although the shapes of Far-IR spectra in the range of 100~700 cm-1 are similar, the absorption peaks of the regenerated cellulose films move to lower wavenumbers (blue shift) compared with those of the degreased cotton. Based on this, we developed a new approach to distinguish the allomorphism of cellulose Ⅱ and c...Continue Reading

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