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ArticleACS nano2020

Cross-Sections of Nanocellulose from Wood Analyzed by Quantized Polydispersity of Elementary Microfibrils.

Tomas Rosén, HongRui He, Ruifu Wang, Chengbo Zhan, Shirish Chodankar, Andreas Fall, Christian Aulin, Per Tomas Larsson, Tom Lindström, Benjamin S Hsiao

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Article in ACS nano, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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10 authors.

Tomas RosénDepartment of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2346-7063
HongRui HeDepartment of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States.
Ruifu WangDepartment of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States.
Chengbo ZhanDepartment of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8608-9912
Shirish ChodankarNational Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11793, United States.
Andreas FallRISE, Box 5604, 114 86 Stockholm, Sweden.
Christian AulinRISE, Box 5604, 114 86 Stockholm, Sweden.
Per Tomas LarssonWallenberg Wood Science Center, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.
Tom LindströmDepartment of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States.
Benjamin S HsiaoDepartment of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3180-1826

Funding

Life Science and Biomedical technology Research center at NSLS-II LSBRP41GM111244 · NIGMS · BROOKHAVEN SCIENCE ASSOC-BROOKHAVEN LAB · PI MCSWEENEY, SEAN · 2014 to 2018
$16.4M
A Simultaneous SAXS/WAXS Detector System for Solving Biological StructuresS10OD012331 · OD · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI ALLAIRE, MARC · 2012 to 2012
$1.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM111244NIH HHS S10 OD012331
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bio-based nanocellulose has been shown to possess impressive mechanical properties and simplicity for chemical modifications. The chemical properties are largely influenced by the surface area and functionality of the nanoscale materials. However, finding the typical cross-sections of nanocellulose, such as cellulose nanofibers (CNFs), has been a long-standing puzzle, where subtle changes in extraction methods seem to yield different shapes and dimensions. Here, we extracted CNFs from wood with two different oxidation methods and variations in degree of oxidation and high-pressure homogenization. The cross-sections of CNFs were characterized by small-angle X-ray scattering and wide-angle X-ray diffraction in dispersed and freeze-dried states, respectively, where the results were analyzed by assuming that the cross-sectional distribution was quantized with an 18-chain elementary microfibril, the building block of the cell wall. We find that the results agree well with a pseudosquare unit having a size of about 2.4 nm regardless of sample, while the aggregate level strongly depends on the extraction conditions. Furthermore, we find that aggregates have a preferred cohesion of phase boundaries parallel to the (110)-plane of the cellulose fibril, leading to a ribbon shape on average.

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MicrofibrilsWoodCelluloseCross-Sectional StudiesX-Ray DiffractionCellulosebiosynthesiselementary microfibrilsnanocellulosepolydispersitysmall-/wide-angle X-ray scattering

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PMCPMC8926302

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