Cellulose

, Volume 20, Issue 2, pp 597–603 | Cite as

Iα → Iβ transition of cellulose under ultrasonic radiation

  • Benjamin Briois
  • Tsuguyuki Saito
  • Christian Pétrier
  • Jean-Luc Putaux
  • Yoshiharu Nishiyama
  • Laurent Heux
  • Sonia Molina-Boisseau
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Abstract

Aqueous suspensions of dispersed Glaucocystis cellulose microfibrils were sonicated at 4 °C for 3 h, using 24 kHz ultrasonic waves. This treatment induced a variety of ultrastructural defects, as the microfibrils became not only shortened, but also presented substantial damage materialized by kinks and subfibrillation. Upon analysis by X-ray diffraction and 13C solid-state NMR spectroscopy, it was found that the initial sample that contained 90 % of cellulose Iα allomorph became, to a large extent, unexpectedly converted into the Iβ phase, while the loss of crystallinity was only moderate during the sonication treatment.

Keywords

Cellulose microfibrils Glaucocystis Low frequency sonication Allomorphic transition 
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Acknowledgments

Funding for this project was provided by a grant from ‘Région Rhône-Alpes’. The early contributions of M. Yunoki and Y. Doudaine to this work are acknowledged. We also thank M.-F. Marais for the culture of Glaucocystis and H. Chanzy for continuing support and critical reading of the manuscript.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Benjamin Briois
    • 1
  • Tsuguyuki Saito
    • 2
  • Christian Pétrier
    • 3
  • Jean-Luc Putaux
    • 1
  • Yoshiharu Nishiyama
    • 1
  • Laurent Heux
    • 1
  • Sonia Molina-Boisseau
    • 1
  1. 1.Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales (CERMAV-CNRS), (affiliated with Université Joseph Fourier (UJF))Grenoble Cedex 9France
  2. 2.Department of Biomaterials Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life SciencesThe University of TokyoTokyoJapan
  3. 3.Laboratoire Rhéologie et ProcédésUMR 5520Grenoble Cedex 9France

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