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Effects of side groups on the entanglement network of cellulosic polysaccharides

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The transient entanglement networks of cellulosic polysaccharides in concentrated solutions were characterized by the molecular weight between entanglements (M e) using dynamic viscoelasticity measurements. From the concentration dependence of M e, M e for the cellulosic polysaccharides in the molten state (M e,melt) was estimated as the material constant reflecting the chain characteristics. The values of M e,melt were compared among three cellulosic polysaccharides: cellulose, methylcellulose, and hydroxypropyl cellulose. Methylcellulose and hydroxypropyl cellulose were employed as cellulose derivatives having small and large side groups, respectively. It appeared that hydroxypropyl cellulose had significantly larger M e,melt compared with cellulose and methyl cellulose. However, the numbers of repeating glucose-ring units between entanglements were very close to each other among the three polysaccharides.

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  1. Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan

    Jun-ichi Horinaka, Yuhei Urabayashi & Toshikazu Takigawa

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Horinaka, Ji., Urabayashi, Y. & Takigawa, T. Effects of side groups on the entanglement network of cellulosic polysaccharides. Cellulose 22, 2305–2310 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-015-0670-7

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