Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-g7gxr Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-09T03:28:08.508Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Effect of Modification in Cellulose Microstructure on Liquid Crystallinity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2013

Mudrika Khandelwal ,
Nadine Hessler  and
Alan H. Windle
Mudrika Khandelwal
Affiliation:
Macromolecular Materials Laboratory, Dept. of Material Science & Metallurgy, Univ.of Cambridge, UK
Nadine Hessler
Affiliation:
Institute of Technical and Environmental Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller Universitat, Jena, Germany
Alan H. Windle
Affiliation:
Macromolecular Materials Laboratory, Dept. of Material Science & Metallurgy, Univ.of Cambridge, UK
Get access

Abstract

Acid hydrolysis of cellulose leads to the formation of nanowhiskers, which can self-assemble to form a liquid crystal phase at a concentration determined by their aspect ratio. This work investigates the properties of the un-hydrolysed materials on which the length of the nanowhiskers depend. It was found that the length is determined by the branching pattern of the cellulose microfibrils and the crystallinity of the material.

Keywords

liquid crystalbiological synthesis (assembly)morphology
Type
Articles
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1498: Symposium R – Biomimetic, Bio-inspired and Self-Assembled Materials for Engineered Surfaces and Applications , 2013 , pp. 221 - 226
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2013 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

Hsieh, Y.C., Yano, H., Nogi, M., and Eichhorn, S., Cellulose, 15, 4 (2008)CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Guhados, G., Wan, W., and Hutter, J.L., Langmuir, 21,14 (2005)CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dong, X.M. and Gray, D.G., Langmuir, 1997. 13, 8 (1997)Google Scholar
Hirai, A., Inui, O., Horii, F., and Tsuji, M., Langmuir, 25, 1 (2008)Google Scholar
Heßler, N., and Klemm, D., Cellulose, 2009. 16, 5 (2009).CrossRefGoogle Scholar