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ArticleBiomacromolecules2026

Enhancing the Spinnability of Cellulose-Based Textile Waste by Doping with High Molecular Weight Bacterial Cellulose.

Kaniz Moriam, Crystal E Owens, Laurel Kroo, William Ghann, Jamal Uddin, Leena Pitkänen, Michael Hummel, Gareth H McKinley

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Article in Biomacromolecules, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Kaniz MoriamHatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6470-8428
Crystal E OwensHatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2433-7025
Laurel KrooHatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
William GhannCenter for Nanotechnology, Department of Natural Sciences, Coppin State University, Baltimore, Maryland 21216, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5698-8810
Jamal UddinCenter for Nanotechnology, Department of Natural Sciences, Coppin State University, Baltimore, Maryland 21216, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6714-9286
Leena PitkänenDepartment of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, Espoo 02150, Finland.
Michael HummelDepartment of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, Espoo 02150, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-6982-031X
Gareth H McKinleyHatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8323-2779

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Man-made cellulose fibers from well-managed forestry provide an eco-friendly alternative to polyester and cotton. The Ioncell process converts cellulose-based raw materials into high-quality textiles and offers strong potential for upcycling cellulose-based textile waste. Recycling discarded textiles is challenging because washing and abrasion degrade synthetic and natural fibers, reducing molecular weight and processability. Here, we demonstrate that adding a very small fraction of ultrahigh molecular weight bacterial cellulose enhances the spinnability of textile waste streams dominated by short-chain cellulose. This high molecular weight dopant systematically increases solution extensibility, stabilizing the extension-dominated fiber-spinning process. Viscoelastic stresses in a stable spinline scale with steady extensional viscosity at high strain rates and depend sensitively on chain extensibility. We quantify the enhanced tensile stress differences using capillarity-driven extensional rheometry combined with transient exponential shear rheometry to develop a

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CelluloseTextilesMolecular WeightRheologyTensile StrengthViscosityCellulose

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PMID41790969
PMCPMC13080776

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