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01-08-2014 | Original Paper

Nanofibrillated cellulose originated from birch sawdust after sequential extractions: a promising polymeric material from waste to films

Authors: Jun Liu, Risto Korpinen, Kirsi S. Mikkonen, Stefan Willför, Chunlin Xu

Published in: Cellulose | Issue 4/2014

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The residual cellulose of wood processing waste, sawdust, which was leftover after sequential hot-water extraction processes to isolate hemicelluloses and lignin in a novel forest biorefinery concept, was explored as the starting material for preparation of a highly value-added polymeric material, nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) also widely termed as cellulose nanofiber, which has provided an alternative efficient way to upgrade sawdust waste. The residual cellulose in sawdust was converted to a transparent NFC suspension in water through the 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl radical/NaClO/NaBr oxidization approach. The resultant NFC with a dimension of ca. 5 nm in width and hundreds of nanometers in length were further processed into NFC films. The morphological features of the NFC suspension and its films were assessed by transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Highly even dispersion of NFC fibrils in the films originated from sawdust feasibly contributes to the outstanding mechanical performance of the films. NFC suspension with higher carboxylate content and its resultant NFC films were found to show higher transmission of light.

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Title: Nanofibrillated cellulose originated from birch sawdust after sequential extractions: a promising polymeric material from waste to films
Authors: Jun Liu
Risto Korpinen
Kirsi S. Mikkonen
Stefan Willför
Chunlin Xu
Publication date: 01-08-2014
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Cellulose / Issue 4/2014
Print ISSN: 0969-0239
Electronic ISSN: 1572-882X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-014-0321-4

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