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Facile preparation of regenerated cellulose film from cotton linter using organic electrolyte solution (OES)

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Regenerated cellulose (RC) film is an important cellulose-based product with a wide range of applications in the packaging industry and drug delivery. In this study, RC film was prepared using an organic electrolyte solution (OES)/ionic liquid (IL) system consisting of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate (EmimAc) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) to dissolve cotton linter at room temperature. Results showed that OES with EmimAc molar fraction in the range from 0.2 to 0.4 could rapidly dissolve cotton linter at room temperature, in contrast to 80 °C for EmimAc solution (control). The cellulose degradation was therefore much less than for the control, resulting in significant improvement in the mechanical properties and thermal stability of the RC film. In addition, the presence of DMSO significantly decreased the viscosity of the cellulose/OES system, being advantageous for casting of the RC film.

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The authors wish to acknowledge the financial support from the Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission (grant no. 12ZCZDGX01100), the Canada Research Chair Program for funding, the China Scholarship Council (201508330154), the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LY17C160008), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21406208).

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  1. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China

    Dong Cheng, Xingye An, Yangbing Wen & Yonghao Ni

  2. Limerick Pulp and Paper Centre, and Department of Chemical Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5A3, Canada

    Dong Cheng, Xingye An, Junhua Zhang, Zhibin He & Yonghao Ni

  3. National Engineering Laboratory of Textile Materials Processing Technology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China

    Junhua Zhang

  4. School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    Xiaofei Tian

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In memory of Professor Huiren Hu (1947–2016), who devoted his life to his students at the Pulp and Paper program of the Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China.

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Cheng, D., An, X., Zhang, J. et al. Facile preparation of regenerated cellulose film from cotton linter using organic electrolyte solution (OES). Cellulose 24, 1631–1639 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-017-1215-z

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