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Carboxymethyl cellulose enhanced production of cellulose nanofibrils

Fibers, ISSN: 2079-6439, Vol: 9, Issue: 9
2021
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Article Description

Cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) were produced by high-pressure homogenization from kraft pulp in the presence of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) of varying molecular weights. CNF pre-treated with 250 kD CMC exhibited the maximum specific surface area (SSA) of 641 m /g, which is comparable to that of CNF pretreated by 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidinyl-1-oxyl (TEMPO)-meditated oxidation with a high degree of fibrillation. Rheological and microscopic analyses also indicated a high level of fibrillation for the CMC-pretreated CNF. In contrast, the reference CNF without the CMC pretreatment showed a lower level of fibrillation, which was reflected in decreased viscosity and the reduction of SSA by a factor of 19. With the high-degree fibrillation and low toxicity, the CMC pretreatment is a promising method for the production of high-quality CNF in an environmentally friendly way.

Bibliographic Details

Yunsang Kim; Shuaib A. Mubarak; Lauren T. McCoy; Suraj Sharma; Sergiy Minko; Corbin Feit

MDPI AG

Materials Science; Engineering

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