Exploring the nature of cellulose microfibrils

Biomacromolecules
Ying SuBenjamin S Hsiao

Abstract

Ultrathin cellulose microfibril fractions were extracted from spruce wood powder using combined delignification, TEMPO-catalyzed oxidation, and sonication processes. Small-angle X-ray scattering of these microfibril fractions in a "dilute" aqueous suspension (concentration 0.077 wt %) revealed that their shape was in the form of nanostrip with 4 nm width and only about 0.5 nm thicknesses. These dimensions were further confirmed by TEM and AFM measurements. The 0.5 nm thickness implied that the nanostrip could contain only a single layer of cellulose chains. At a higher concentration (0.15 wt %), SAXS analysis indicated that these nanostrips aggregated into a layered structure. The X-ray diffraction of samples collected at different preparation stages suggested that microfibrils were delaminated along the (11̅0) planes from the Iβ cellulose crystals. The degree of oxidation and solid-state (13)C NMR characterizations indicated that, in addition to the surface molecules, some inner molecules of microfibrils were also oxidized, facilitating the delamination into cellulose nanostrips.

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Jun 24, 2017·Biomacromolecules·Priyanka R SharmaBenjamin S Hsiao
Aug 25, 2020·Advanced Materials·Tomas RosénL Daniel Söderberg
Mar 9, 2019·Scientific Reports·Mehedi RezaTapani Vuorinen
Sep 6, 2017·Polymers·Zuwu TangHui Wu
Feb 6, 2017·The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B·Yimin MaoBenjamin S Hsiao

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