Deaggregation of cellulose macrofibrils and its effect on bound water
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Carbohydrate Polymers, Volume 319
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The purpose of this study was to determine how to control and measure the hierarchical swelling in pulp fibers via electrostatic interactions and localized osmotic pressure. A eutectic solvent system was used to systematically increase phosphate groups in the cell wall. Increase in fiber charge led to an increase in swelling properties, as expected. At a charge value around 180–200 μmol/g the macrofibrils were found to deaggregate. This led to a large jump in mesoscale swelling, from 0.9 to 2.5 mL/g, and surface area, from 400 to 1000 m2/g. This deaggregation was confirmed with X-ray scattering and solute exclusion. A novel thermoporosimetry method was used in the study. This involved splitting the nonfreezing water into two subfractions, thus allowing a more complete analysis of pore structure and surface area. The hydrated surface area for the samples was in the range 1200–1400 m2/g, which agreed well with simulations of aggregated microfibrils. Adding charge to the pulp fibers had a nonlinear effect on handsheet strength properties. This suggests that hierarchical control of fiber swelling may be a useful approach to improve important property pairs such as strength/density in packaging and other commercially important fiber products.Description
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Maloney, T, Phiri, J, Zitting, A, Paajanen, A, Penttilä, P & Ceccherini, S 2023, 'Deaggregation of cellulose macrofibrils and its effect on bound water', Carbohydrate Polymers, vol. 319, 121166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121166