One-step dispersion of cellulose nanofibers by mechanochemical esterification in an organic solvent
Pei Huang1, Min Wu, Shigenori Kuga
1Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street 2, Beijing, 100190, PR China.
Chemsuschem
|November 28, 2012
Abstract:
Got a crush: Native cellulose can be dispersed as nanofibers in organic solvents by ball milling with esterification agents. Milling with hexanoyl chloride/DMF gives hexanoyl-coated nanofibers dispersible in several organic solvents. Milling with succinic anhydride/DMSO results water-dispersible nanofibers. The results open the way to new cellulose mechanochemistries.
