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Highly charged nanocrystalline cellulose and dicarboxylated cellulose from periodate and chlorite oxidized cellulose fibers

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Softwood cellulose pulp was oxidized by a two-step oxidation process with sodium periodate followed by sodium chlorite at pH 5.0. The oxidized product was first separated into two fractions by centrifugation, and the supernatant was further separated in two fractions by addition of ethanol and centrifugation. Different levels of oxidation were performed on cellulose, and the mass ratio and carboxyl content of each fraction were determined. The first precipitate, which amount decreases with increasing oxidation level, consists of short fiber fragments (microfibrils) with length of 0.6–1.8 μm and width around 120 nm, which for sufficiently high oxidation levels, could readily be made into cellulose nanofibrils by stirring. The second precipitate (after alcohol addition) has a very high crystalline index of 91 % and contains rod-like particles with length of 120–200 nm and diameter around 13 nm, reminiscent of nanocrystalline cellulose. The supernatant contains water-soluble dicarboxylated cellulose, as proven by liquid C-13 NMR.

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This work was performed as part of NSERC Industrial Research Chair program, funded by NSERC and FPInnovations.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Pulp and Paper Research Centre, McGill University, 3420 University St., Montreal, QC, H3A 2A7, Canada

    Han Yang , Md. Nur Alam & Theo G. M. van de Ven

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Yang , H., Alam, M.N. & van de Ven, T.G.M. Highly charged nanocrystalline cellulose and dicarboxylated cellulose from periodate and chlorite oxidized cellulose fibers. Cellulose 20, 1865–1875 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-013-9966-7

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