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ArticlePolymers2025

A Green Method for Bacterial Cellulose Electrospinning Using 1-Butyl-3-Methylimidazolium Acetate and γ-Valerolactone.

Elona Vasili, Bahareh Azimi, Mahendra P Raut, David A Gregory, Andrea Mele, Boyang Liu, Katrin Römhild, Marcus Krieg, Frederik Claeyssens, Patrizia Cinelli and 3 more

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Elona VasiliDepartment of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 2, 56122 Pisa, Italy.
Bahareh AzimiDepartment of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 2, 56122 Pisa, Italy.
Mahendra P RautSchool of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin st. S13JD Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
David A GregorySchool of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin st. S13JD Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2489-5462
Andrea MeleSchool of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin st. S13JD Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
Boyang LiuSchool of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin st. S13JD Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
Katrin RömhildThuringian Institute for Textile and Plastics Research (TITK), D-07407 Rudolstadt, Germany.
Marcus KriegThuringian Institute for Textile and Plastics Research (TITK), D-07407 Rudolstadt, Germany.
Frederik ClaeyssensSchool of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin st. S13JD Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1030-939X
Patrizia CinelliDepartment of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 2, 56122 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2401-133X
Ipsita RoySchool of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin st. S13JD Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5602-1714
Maurizia SeggianiDepartment of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 2, 56122 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9628-7178
Serena DantiDepartment of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 2, 56122 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8155-8537

Funding

Research and Innovation" resources-Green/Innovation Action DM MUR 1061/2021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a highly pure and crystalline cellulose produced via bacterial fermentation. However, due to its chemical structure made of strong hydrogen bonds and its high molecular weight, BC can neither be melted nor dissolved by common solvents. Therefore, processing BC implies the use of very strong, often toxic and dangerous chemicals. In this study, we proved a green method to produce electrospun BC fibers by testing different ionic liquids (ILs), namely, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate (BmimAc), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (EmimTFSI) and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide (EmimDCA), either individually or as binary mixtures. Moreover, γ-valerolactone (GVL) was tested as a co-solvent derived from renewable sources to replace dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), aimed at making the viscosity of the cellulose solutions suitable for electrospinning. A BmimAc and BmimAc/EmimTFSI (1:1

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cellulose dissolutionfibersionic liquids

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PMCPMC12073375

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