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Surface tension of concentrated cellulose solutions in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate

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Four sources of cellulose with different molecular weights were dissolved in the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate at 100 °C over a 10 h period. The solution densities were determined and these results were subsequently utilised to access the influence of dissolved cellulose on surface tension properties of cellulose/ionic liquid solutions. Surface tension measurements revealed increasing molecular weight and concentration reduced surface tension while temperature increases showed the opposite effect. These results are consistent with that of repulsive polymer-wall interactions near the interface in good solvent conditions. The semi-flexible nature of this carbohydrate in solution can help explain deviations of these results when compared to ideal flexible chains.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the Dumont D’Urville S&T programme and would like to thank D. Dallerac, K. Janel, A. Dufresne, J. Bréard, L. Bizet and J. Dormanns for assistance. The authors are very grateful to Cordenka GmbH and J. Rettenmaier & Söhne GmbH for the supply of materials. J.S. would like to acknowledge the financial assistance provided by a UC Doctoral Scholarship.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 8400, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand

    Jeremias Schuermann, Deborah LeCorre, Mathieu Sellier & Mark P. Staiger

  2. Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 8400, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand

    Tim Huber

  3. LGP2, UMR 5518, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, 461 rue de la Papeterie CS 10065, 38402, Saint-Martin d’Hères, France

    Gérard Mortha

  4. LOMC, UMR 6294, CNRS-Université du Havre, 53 rue Prony BP540, 76058, Le Havre, France

    Benoît Duchemin

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Schuermann, J., Huber, T., LeCorre, D. et al. Surface tension of concentrated cellulose solutions in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate. Cellulose 23, 1043–1050 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-015-0850-5

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