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Biodegradable colloidal particle materials are becoming attractive candidates as eco-friendly chemical additives in the low-carbon economy era. However, developing cheap, stable, and efficient paper-sizing agents is still a challenging issue for both the paper-making academic community and industry. Here, an easy-fabricating, stable, and high-performance alkenyl succinic anhydride (ASA) paper-sizing emulsion that is stabilized by lauric arginate (LAE)/cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) nanorods is developed. Furthermore, the partial hydrophobization between ASA and LAE/CNCs can be adjusted due to the partial hydrophobization between ASA and LAE/CNC nanorods, resulting in improved stability of the ASA-sizing emulsion. This novel paper-sizing emulsion is shown to have a small droplet size (0.8 μm), high hydrolysis resistance, and a high paper-sizing degree (300 s) along with a remarkable hydrophobicity contact angle of 110° for long-term storage. This work enables the realization of an interfacial self-assembled Pickering-stabilizer, which leads to an environmentally friendly, pervasive and cost-effective emulsification technique for next-generation paper-sizing additives.
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This work was supported by the project ZR2020MB128 supported by Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation Natural Science Foundation; the Foundation of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control (Grant No. 2019KF08), College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University; the Foundation (Grant No. 2020KFJJ11) of National Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Laboratory of Plant Fiber Functional Materials; the Outstanding Youth Innovation Team Project of Shandong Provincial University; the Special Project for Integration of Science, Education, and Industry (Grant No. 2020KJC-ZD06).
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Li, Y., Yu, D., Wang, X. et al. Lauric arginate/cellulose nanocrystal nanorods-stabilized alkenyl succinic anhydride pickering emulsion: enhancement of stabilization and paper sizing performance. Cellulose 29, 3253–3269 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-022-04502-z
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