Unusual extraction and characterization of nanocrystalline cellulose from cellulose derivatives

Preparation and Characterization of Waterborne Polyurethane Modified by Nanocrystalline Cellulose

Nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) was used as a modifier for waterborne polyurethane (WPU) to investigate the water and ethanol resistance of WPU-NCC composites. The NCC surface was modified with γ-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GPTMS) and γammnonimpropylmethyldimethoxysilane (APMDS) to improve its compatibility with waterborne polyurethane (WPU), as indicated by the contact angle (CA). The cha...

Application of Cellulose and Cellulose Derivatives in Pharmaceutical Industries

Size Exclusion Chromatography of Cellulose and Cellulose Derivatives

Approximately 2 X 10 ton biomass is produced on land and in water annually (l). Cellulose is the principal structural material in the cell wall of all plants (2). In addition, cellulose can be found in algae, bacteria, and animals (tunicates). Assuming that the average source contains 50% cellulose (Table 1) (35), then approximately 1 X 10 ton cellulose is formed each year. This makes cellulose...

Rheological properties of nanocrystalline cellulose suspensions.

Rheological behavior, including linear and nonlinear, as well as transient rheology of nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) suspensions was studied in this work. Two kinds of polymer solutions, aqueous poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) with flexible chain structure and aqueous carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) with semi-rigid chain structure, were used as the suspension media to further explore the role that th...

Functionalization of Cellulose: Synthesis of Water-soluble Cationic Cellulose Derivatives

One of the trends of modern cellulose chemistry is the functionalization of known cellulose derivatives in order to expand their application area. In this work, water-soluble cationic cellulose derivatives containing up to 4% coupled nitrogen were obtained by the amination of hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) with two different etherification agents, diethylepoxypropylamine (DEEPA) and (2-chlorethyl)...