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Evidence for cholesteric morphology in films of cellulose acetate butyrate by transmission electron microscopy

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Transmission electron microscopy provides direct evidence of helicoidal cholesteric morphology in films of cellulose acetate butyrate prepared by solvent casting from liquid crystalline solutions in dimethylacetamide. We believe this is the first observation reported of cholesteric structure in a mixed cellulosic ester. Cholesteric morphology was also observed in solvent cast blended films of cellulose acetate butyrate and lignin from liquid crystalline solutions. There are indications that lignin particles may be serving as nucleating surfaces or sites of direct termination for some of the observed cholesteric fingerprint pattern.

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  1. Department of Wood Science and Forests Products, Biobased Materials Center, 24061, Blacksburg, VA, USA

    Vipul Davé, Wolfgang G. Glasser & Garth L. Wilkes

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Polymer Materials and Interfaces Laboratory, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 24061, Blacksburg, VA, USA

    Vipul Davé, Wolfgang G. Glasser & Garth L. Wilkes

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Davé, V., Glasser, W.G. & Wilkes, G.L. Evidence for cholesteric morphology in films of cellulose acetate butyrate by transmission electron microscopy. Polymer Bulletin 29, 565–570 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00296719

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