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Cellulose–solvent interactions from self-diffusion NMR

Gentile, Luigi LU and Olsson, Ulf LU (2016) In Cellulose 23(4). p.2753-2758
Abstract

Molecular self-diffusion coefficients were measured in solutions of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) and dissolving pulp, in 40 wt% aqueous tetrabutylammonium hydroxide (TBAH), using pulsed field gradient stimulated echo NMR. From the cellulose diffusion coefficients, a weight averaged radius of hydration h>w = 6.1 nm for MCC and h>w = 15 nm for pulp were obtained. Water and TBA+ ions show a significantly different dependence on the cellulose concentration, revealing different molecular interactions with the polymer. Water-cellulose are essentially excluded volume. TBA+ ions, on the other hand, bind to cellulose with approximately 1.2 TBA+ ions per glucose unit.

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Cellulose, NMR, Polymer–solvent interaction, Self-diffusion, Tetrabutylammonium hydroxide
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Cellulose
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23
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4
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6 pages
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Springer
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0969-0239
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10.1007/s10570-016-0984-0
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English
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  author       = {{Gentile, Luigi and Olsson, Ulf}},
  issn         = {{0969-0239}},
  keywords     = {{Cellulose; NMR; Polymer–solvent interaction; Self-diffusion; Tetrabutylammonium hydroxide}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{2753--2758}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Cellulose}},
  title        = {{Cellulose–solvent interactions from self-diffusion NMR}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10570-016-0984-0}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s10570-016-0984-0}},
  volume       = {{23}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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