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Towards Biomimicking Wood: Fabricated Free-standing Films of Nanocellulose, Lignin, and a Synthetic Polycation
Published on: June 17, 2014
A cellulose-stimulated self-assembling solvent for molecular dispersion of cellulose
Keisuke Jono1,2, Yuki Ogawa3, Naoaki Yamasaki4
1Faculty of Biological Science and Technology, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan. kkuroda@staff.kanazawa-u.ac.jp.
Abstract:
Triethyloctylammonium acetate was synthesised in this study; the cations self-assembled around the cellulose molecules during dissolution, resulting in the formation of low-polarity nanospaces between the cellulose molecules, and the cellulose was molecularly dispersed. The cellulose regenerated from this solution exhibited a non-oriented homogenous structure and low crystallinity.
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