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Holocellulose fibers provide great potential to make paper with high performance. However, inappropriate reaction conditions may limit its improvement in paper performance due to the lack of sufficient research data. In this work, paper is prepared from the birch holocellulose fibers based on peracetic acid treatment and the papermaking process. The features of resulting holocellulose fibers are evaluated for different peracetic acid treatment conditions such as temperature and time. It reveals that high temperature and long treatment time lead to the degradation of hemicellulose/cellulose and the destruction of fibers, which further results in the poor mechanical performance of paper. By optimization for the treatment condition of holocellulose fibers, the corresponding paper exhibits the highest tensile strength (93 MPa), good bursting strength (601 kPa), and tearing strength (647 mN). The determination of optimum conditions will provide guidelines for the industrial production of holocellulose fibers and paper.
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The authors are grateful for the financial support for this work by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2022A1515010565) and State Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper Engineering (2023PY0).
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Tao, S., Chen, Y., Qin, S. et al. Holocellulose fibers and paper from birch based on peracetic acid treatment. Wood Sci Technol 58, 609–625 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00226-024-01542-5
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