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Microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) is a noble class of material that has drawn considerable attention due to its numerous properties such as mechanical robustness, high aspect ratio, lower coefficient of thermal expansion, water retention ability, barrier properties to oxygen, compatibility with biomaterials, biodegradability, large surface area and interesting rheology. This present work deals with the rheology of MFC suspension in water. The effect of temperature on the concentration of the suspension of MFC was studied. Three regimes of MFC were observed for the shear rate lying in the range of 0.01–1000 s−1, supported by a buildup of a network of hydroxyl groups present on the surface, resulting in shear thinning, shear thickening, and shear thinning regions, respectively. An increase in the concentration of MFC, increased viscosity, and the dominance of storage modulus were observed. A high value of storage modulus indicates a higher degree of crosslinking of fibrils. The experimental data were well fitted by using the Ostwald-de Waele power law model. The results suggested that an increase in the temperature did not have any significant effect on the MFC rheology in the temperature range of 25–60°C. The Gaussian process regression model was used to determine the performance parameters. Dynamic oscillatory measurements were performed to validate the viscoelastic behavior.
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The authors would like to acknowledge the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), for providing facilities to carry out the relevant experiments. The authors would also like to extend gratitude to TEQIP II for providing Anton Paar MCR 102 Rheometer for conducting specific experiments. The authors sincerely thank Prof. Abhijit P. Deshpande, IIT Madras, Prof. Ajay Mandal, Prof. Indra Mani Mishra, and Dr. Vivek Shankar Pinnamaraju for their valuable suggestions.
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Sarangi, S., Yatirajula, S.K. & Saxena, V.K. Evaluation of linear and nonlinear rheology of microfibrillated cellulose. J Coat Technol Res 18, 1401–1411 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11998-021-00505-w
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