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The cellulose reactivity is a critical parameter in the manufacturing process of viscose rayon with dissolving pulp. In this study, an ultrasonic treatment, which is considered as an environmentally friendly pretreatment technology, was applied to a softwood prehydrolysis kraft-based dissolving pulp for enhancement of accessibility/reactivity in terms of viscose rayon production through cavitation...
Due to the detrimental effects induced by transition metals on oxygen delignification, it is necessary to explore effective cellulose protector for improving the oxygen delignification efficiency. In this work, chitosan/tripolyphosphate microspheres (C/TPP) with different size were prepared and introduced for alleviating the transition metal ions effects on cellulose degradation. The results showed...
Hemicellulose separation/removal from cellulosic fibers is critical for manufacturing high-purity cellulose (dissolving pulp). In this communication, a combined system of using both urea and NaOH was studied to enhance the separation/removal of hemicellulose from a softwood sulfite dissolving pulp. The urea/NaOH treatment significantly improves the hemicellulose removal. With a 1% urea concentration...
Recently, cellulose films or nanopapers have aroused great attention due to their potential for utilization in photoelectric materials. In this study, transparent cellulose films were prepared from TEMPO-oxidized cellulose fibers by the casting method after they were ultrasonicated to improve the light transmittance and haze. It was found that powerful ultrasonication initiated severe cellulose fiber...
Based on Hildebrand solubility parameter (δH) theory, a novel organosolv pretreatment medium (OPM), 1-pentanol (80%, v/v)–water mixture with a δH value of 27.4 (J/cm3)−1/2, was discovered. This OPM achieved near-complete removal of non-cellulosic components (hemicellulose 96.2% and lignin 87.8%) from bamboo under mild conditions [130 °C, 20 min, 4% (w/w) H2SO4]. For the OPMs with similar δH values...
Cellulase treatment is a promising technology that will increase the reactivity of a prehydrolysis kraft (PHK) dissolving pulp. In this study, a cellulase solution was sprayed onto rewetted pulp at a very high consistency (about 60%) to increase its Fock reactivity with high efficiency and low cost. This novel and facile approach is based on favorable cellulose adsorption onto pulp fibers and high...
In this paper, poly(diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride) (PDADMAC)-grated cellulose filter membranes (cellulose-g-PDADMAC) were fabricated via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) for selective removal of anionic dye from wastewater. Gel permeation chromatography (GPC), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) showed that PDADMAC was grafted...
Cellulose-based material for novel and functional application, has attracted more attention, due to its degradable, renewable and green nature. In this research, a conductive regenerated cellulose film (CRCF) was developed as an effective counter electrode (CE) for preparing dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The CRCF presented desirable surface morphologies and structure and low resistance, and...
Nanocomposite hydrogels with conductive and magnetic properties can be used in a variety of new applications. However, the preparation of stable nanocomposite of conductive polymer and magnetic nanoparticles remains a significant challenge because of the aggregation of polymer and nanoparticles induced by the interparticle dipolar forces and electrostatic interactions. This research reported a strategy...
This paper reports a robust method for rapid determination of cellulose derived 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural (5-HMF) in biomass hydrolysate suspension based on headspace gas chromatography (HS-GC). The headspace equilibration at 150 °C for longer than 4 min with a pH range of 2.0–3.5 and a 50% (v/v) of ethanol content can obtain the full evaporation of 5-HMF, and eliminate the formation of additional...
Herein, we studied the effects of pretreatment with glucanase (G), xylanase (X), and their combinations [G/X mixtures or sequential addition (G–X and X–G)] on the efficiency of ionic liquid/water (IL/w)—promoted extraction of hemicelluloses from paper-grade pulp. Mild G pretreatment effectively increased the efficiency and selectivity of hemicellulose removal, whereas severe G pretreatment resulted...
In the original publication of the article, the author wishes to add two new authors Liulian Huang and Bruno Boury who have made great contributions to this article. Hence, the author group has been updated in this correction.
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is among the most interesting metal oxide with remarkable performance in electronics, semiconducting materials and photocatalysis, specially as nanomaterials. In this work, carbon/ZnO nanocomposites were designed using a low temperature precipitation process and TEMPO-oxidized (2,2,6,6-Tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy as TEMPO) cellulose as a reactive template. The resulting nanomaterials...
Acetylated cellulose powders with varying degree of substitution (DS) were prepared by reacting cellulose with acetic anhydride. The effect of DS on the hydrophobic properties of acetylated cellulose was examined based on contact angle and mechanical stability measurements. The surface energy of the acetylated cellulose decreases with increasing DS, and for DS of 0.39, the acetylated cellulose was...
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to trace pseudo lignin formation during the hydrothermal pretreatment of holocellulose and elaborate the structure of the isolated pseudo lignin. The results showed that XPS could detect the trace amounts of pseudo lignin in the pretreated holocellulose substrate by quantitative determination of carbon (C) and oxygen (O), while fourier transform infrared...
The cellulose reactivity is a key parameter in the viscose rayon production process. To increase the reactivity of hardwood kraft-based dissolving pulp, a combined mechanical refining and enzymatic treatment was applied based on the hypothesis that a mechanical pretreatment can enhance the subsequent enzymatic treatment efficiency. Compared with the control sample, increases in the fiber specific...
In order to enhance the antibacterial and mechanical properties of agar films, the chitosan-methylisothiazolinone (C–MIT) complex was first prepared by the ionic gelation method, and the characterization of the C–MIT complex was carried out by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and Thermo gravimetry. Chitosan was successfully crosslinked with tripolyphosphate...
The performance of hot-water extraction (HWE) and steam treatment (ST), followed by kraft pulping were compared for production of high purity-grade dissolving pulp from green bamboo. With the same prehydrolysis intensity (represented by the P-factor), the fractionation efficiency of HWE is far lower than that of ST. Because of lower removal of non-cellulosic components, the solid residue from HWE...
Electron beam irradiation (EBI) can degrade lignocellulosic materials and thus be used as a pretreatment method for efficient enzymatic hydrolysis. This research is mainly concerned with the degradation of cellulose and hemicelluloses when bamboo chips are exposed to various doses of EBI. The results show that cellulose degradation occurred continuously but without a gradual drop of the crystalline...
Collagen/cellulose blended solutions with collagen/cellulose mass ratio (Col/Cel) of 0, 1/40, 1/20, 1/10 and 1/5 were prepared using [Emim]Ac as solvent. The interactions between the two polymers before and after regeneration were investigated. In steady shear flow, all of the experimental viscosity values were greater than those of the estimated values calculated from the log-additivity rule for...
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