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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2016

Macromolecular Interactions Control Structural and Thermal Properties of Regenerated Tri-Component Blended Films.

Ashley Lewis, Joshua C Waters, John Stanton, Joseph Hess, David Salas-de la Cruz

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Ashley LewisDepartment of Biology, Rutgers University-Camden, 315 Penn Street, Camden, NJ 08102, USA. aml304@scarletmail.rutgers.edu.
Joshua C WatersDepartment of Biology, Rutgers University-Camden, 315 Penn Street, Camden, NJ 08102, USA. jcwmol@yahoo.com.
John StantonDepartment of Chemistry, Rutgers University-Camden, 315 Penn Street, Camden, NJ 08102, USA. jstant14@scarletmail.rutgers.edu.
Joseph HessDepartment of Chemistry, Rutgers University-Camden, 315 Penn Street, Camden, NJ 08102, USA. jmh433@scarletmail.rutgers.edu.
David Salas-de la CruzDepartment of Chemistry, Rutgers University-Camden, 315 Penn Street, Camden, NJ 08102, USA. david.salas@camden.rutgers.edu.

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Abstract

With a growing need for sustainable resources research has become highly interested in investigating the structure and physical properties of biomaterials composed of natural macromolecules. In this study, we assessed the structural, morphological, and thermal properties of blended, regenerated films comprised of cellulose, lignin, and hemicellulose (xylan) using the ionic liquid 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (AMIMCl). Attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), X-ray scattering, and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) were used to qualitatively and quantitatively measure bonding interactions, morphology, and thermal stability of the regenerated films. The results demonstrated that the regenerated films' structural, morphological, and thermal character changed as a function of lignin-xylan concentration. The decomposition temperature rose according to an increase in lignin content and the surface topography of the regenerated films changed from fibrous to spherical patterns. This suggests that lignin-xylan concentration alters the self-assembly of lignin and the cellulose microfibril development. X-ray scattering confirms the extent of the morphological and molecular changes. Our data reveals that the inter- and intra-molecular interactions with the cellulose crystalline domains, along with the amount of disorder in the system, control the microfibril dimensional characteristics, lignin self-assembly, and possibly the overall material's structural and thermal properties.

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Biocompatible MaterialsCelluloseIonic LiquidsLigninPolysaccharidesTemperatureTensile StrengthThermogravimetryBiocompatible MaterialsCellulosehemicelluloseIonic LiquidsLigninPolysaccharidesbiomaterialsionic liquidsligninlignocellulosemicrofibrilmorphologyself-assemblyX-ray scattering

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PMCPMC5187789

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