Abstract
Aqueous suspensions of dispersed Glaucocystis cellulose microfibrils were sonicated at 4 °C for 3 h, using 24 kHz ultrasonic waves. This treatment induced a variety of ultrastructural defects, as the microfibrils became not only shortened, but also presented substantial damage materialized by kinks and subfibrillation. Upon analysis by X-ray diffraction and 13C solid-state NMR spectroscopy, it was found that the initial sample that contained 90 % of cellulose Iα allomorph became, to a large extent, unexpectedly converted into the Iβ phase, while the loss of crystallinity was only moderate during the sonication treatment.
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Funding for this project was provided by a grant from ‘Région Rhône-Alpes’. The early contributions of M. Yunoki and Y. Doudaine to this work are acknowledged. We also thank M.-F. Marais for the culture of Glaucocystis and H. Chanzy for continuing support and critical reading of the manuscript.
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Briois, B., Saito, T., Pétrier, C. et al. Iα → Iβ transition of cellulose under ultrasonic radiation. Cellulose 20, 597–603 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-013-9866-x
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