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ArticlePolymers2019

Partially Acetylated Cellulose Dissolved in Aqueous Solution: Physical Properties and Enzymatic Hydrolysis.

Gilad Alfassi, Dmitry M Rein, Avi Shpigelman, Yachin Cohen

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Article in Polymers, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 44% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gilad AlfassiDepartment of Biotechnology Engineering, ORT Braude College, Karmiel 2161002, Israel. Agilad@braude.ac.il.
Dmitry M ReinFaculty of Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel. cerycdr@technion.ac.il.
Avi ShpigelmanFaculty of Biotechnology & Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel. avis@bfe.technion.ac.il.
Yachin CohenFaculty of Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel. yachinc@technion.ac.il.
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology · ILBraude College of Engineering Karmiel · IL

Funding

Israel Science Foundation 123/18
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellulose acetate is one of the most important cellulose derivatives. The use of ionic liquids in cellulose processing was recently found to act both as a solvent and also as a reagent. A recent study showed that cellulose dissolution in the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazoliumacetate (EMIMAc) mixed with dichloromethane (DCM) resulted in controlled homogenous cellulose acetylation; yielding water-soluble cellulose acetate (WSCA). This research investigated the properties of cellulose acetate prepared in this manner, in an aqueous solution. The results revealed that WSCA fully dissolves in water, with no significant sign of molecular aggregation. Its conformation in aqueous solution exhibited a very large persistence length, estimated as over 10 nm. The WSCA exhibited surface activity, significantly reducing the surface tension of water. Because of the molecular dissolution of WSCA in water, augmented by its amphiphilicity, aqueous solutions of WSCA exhibited an overwhelmingly high rate of enzymatic hydrolysis.

Indexed as

cellulose acetateenzymatic hydrolysispolymer solution propertieswater soluble

Identifiers

PMID31652869
PMCPMC6918359
OpenAlexW2981847260

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