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Preparation and Characterization of Nanofiber Films and Foams Based on Ultrasonic Nanofibrillated Cellulose from Wood

  • LU Yun;SUN Qingfeng;LI Jian;
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  • 1. Material Science and Engineering College, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China;2. Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China

Received date: 2012-12-21

  Revised date: 2013-03-19

  Online published: 2013-05-28

Abstract

To obtain the nanofibriled-cellulose(NFC) with uniform diameter and high aspect ratio, a chemical pretreatment is employed to remove the hemicellulose and the lignin of Larix gmelini with a subsequent ultrasonic treatment. The chemical characteristics, the crystalline type, the crystallinity and the morphological features of the as-prepared NFC are analyzed by the Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), the X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and the Scanning Electron Microscopy(SEM). It is shown that the obtained NFC has a uniform diameter of about 35nm and a high aspect ratio(>280). The crystalline type of the NFC is the cellulose I type, and the crystallinity reaches 62.8%, increased by 14.2% as compared with the raw material wood. Simultaneously, the high transparent NFC film and the ultralight flexible NFC foam are also fabricated by using the freeze drying technique.

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LU Yun;SUN Qingfeng;LI Jian; . Preparation and Characterization of Nanofiber Films and Foams Based on Ultrasonic Nanofibrillated Cellulose from Wood[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2013 , 31(15) : 17 -22 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2013.15.001

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