Abstract
A strategy to functionalize cellulosic surfaces through physical adsorption of xyloglucan (XG) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) derivatives bearing allyl or alkyne groups is reported. A set of functional polymer derivatives with degrees of substitution -DS- ranging from 0.10 up to 0.44 are first prepared through the opening of the epoxide ring of allyl glycidyl ether or propargyl glycidyl ether under mild basic aqueous medium. Contrary to alkyne-functionalized polymers, the radical copolymerization of allyl-XG and -CMC derivatives with acrylamide/acrylic acid leads to the formation of hydrogels, confirming their reactivity. The quantitative analysis of the deposition of these functionalized polysaccharides onto Whatman paper and wood pine fibers (spraying of aqueous solutions, drying and desorption step in water) shows that the physisorption of the polymer chains is not altered neither by the extent of the modification nor by the nature of the substituents. QCM-D experiments highlight a high affinity of allyl-XG for cellulosic substrates. The topochemical mapping by confocal Raman microscopy of cellulosic substrates on which alkyne polysaccharide derivatives have been deposited underpins that the surface coverage is rather uniform and that the diffusion of the polymer chains into the substrate reaches 40 μm. This aqueous functionalization/spraying procedure appears as a promising approach to confer novel adjustable surface properties to various cellulosic substrates, in a sustainable manner.
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This work was supported by the “Institut Technologique Forêt Cellulose Bois-Construction Ameublement” (FCBA) in France. The authors are also grateful to Nadège Beury for her excellent support for the QCM-D data acquisition and to Fernande Da Cruz-Boisson, Carlos Fernández de Alba and Patrick Goetinck for their precious advice in NMR experiments.
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JB, AC, ML, MP-C and EF supervised the experimental work. JB, AC and EF wrote the main manuscript text. AB performed the gel synthesis and adsorption trials. AB, AP, BC and CM performed all the experimental part on QCMD and participated to the writting of this part within the paper. They also prepared Fig. 6 and Table 4. All authors reviewed the manuscript.
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Bouchut, A., Cathala, B., Moreau, C. et al. Cellulosic surfaces endowed with chemical reactivity by physical adsorption of functionalized polysaccharides. Cellulose 30, 8185–8203 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-023-05283-9
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