In this work, the relationship between cellulose crystallinity, the influence of extractive content on lignocellulosic fiber degradation, the correlation between chemical composition and the physical properties of ten types of natural fibers were investigated by FTIR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetry techniques. The results showed that higher extractive contents associated wi...

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...

Changes in the physical properties of pulp during recycling are sometimes reported to be caused by changes in chemical properties offibres. In order to determine the relationship, if any, between physical and chemical properties, a chemical characterization was carried out of several recycled pulps. Measurements of carbohydrates, lignin, crystallinity index, and DP of cellulose were carried out...

Cellulose is a major industrial biopolymer in the forest products, textile, and chemical industries. It also forms a large portion of the biomass useful in the generation of energy. Moreover, cellulose-based biomass is a renewable energy source that can be used for the generation of ethanol as a fuel. Cellulose is synthesized by a variety of living organisms, including plants, algae, bacteria, ...

The potentiometric response properties of ammonium-, carbonate-, and proton-selective electrodes prepared by incorporating appropriate neutral carriers within novel asymmetric cellulose acetate membranes are reported. The membranes are formed by first casting a thin layer of cellulose triacetate without carrier, hydrolyzing one side of this film with base, and then on the other side casting a s...

Cellulose is a biopolymer that has long been used as a biomaterial and its different sources, as Bacterial Cellulose (BC), have shown to possess impressive mechanical properties, which can lead to the development of new biomedical implants. Bacterial Cellulose is a polysaccharide secreted by bacteria as Gluconacetobacter xylinus: BC is composed of highly hydrated nanofibrils and it is character...

Grafting of vinyl monomers onto cellulose is an important tool for the modification of cellulose. Depending on the monomer grafted onto cellulose, it gains new properties. The grafting can be performed in heterogeneous or homogeneous medium. In the grafting performed in heterogeneous medium, the reaction is carried out in aqueous medium using a suitable initiator. As initiator, the radiation or...

improvement of the physical and mechanical properties of paper in the discussion of the application is very important. in order to fulfill this purpose, conventional processing techniques such as filtering and addition of long fibers and other chemicals such as additive resistors for dry and wet the pulp have been used. one of the methods to improve the physical and mechanical properties of pap...

We have characterized the structure and luminescence properties for two-component material composed of nanocrystalline cellulose and nanocrystalline (less to 100 nm) silicon powder. An efficient and stable photoluminescence of nanocomposite, resistant to the influence of gas-phase oxidants, has been found. The obtained material has electret-like properties and demonstrates the possibility of mu...

Thermo-gravimetric analyses of three cellulosic substances, namely, microcrystalline and amorphous cellulose, and treated Japanese cypress (JC) sawdust were carried out in this study. The thermal degradation temperature of crystalline cellulose decreased with increasing ball-milling time, while that of amorphous cellulose barely changed. However, small differences in the derivative thermo-gravi...