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Properties of spruce sulfite pulp and birch kraft pulp after sorption of cationic birch xylan

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In this study, correlations between the charge density of adsorbed cationic xylans and the mechanical properties of selected pulps are discussed. Hand-sheet experiments were carried out using birch sulfate pulp and spruce sulfite pulp after the adsorption of 2-hydroxypropyl-trimethylammonium-4-O-methylglucuronoxylans (HPMAGXs) with different molar degrees of substitution (MS) in the range of 0.06–0.19. The charge density of the HPMAGX in water was determined by polyelectrolyte titration. Properties such as the tensile and burst index increased after HPMAGX addition and showed an optimum depending on the MS, which was 0.1 for both pulps. Other properties like the tear-index or the specific volume changed depending on the pulp. Beating experiments were also performed and showed an increasing tensile index of birch kraft pulp in the range of 53.7 to 85.7 N m g−1 for a beating time of 10 min. The adsorption of HPMAGXs with different MS onto thiol-based self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on gold and regenerated cellulose surfaces were studied using surface plasmon resonance (SPR). Electrostatic interactions were found to be the most important factors affecting HPMAGX adsorption, and a strong correlation between HPMAGX adsorption onto carboxyl-terminated SAMs (SAM-COOH) and paper strength when HPMAGX was used as a papermaking additive was observed.

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Abbreviations

AXU:

Anhydroxylose unit

DME:

1,2-Dimethoxyethane

EA:

Elemental analysis

EPTA:

1,2-Epoxypropyltrimethyl-ammonium chloride

GX:

4-O-methylglucuronoxylan

HPMA:

2-Hydroxypropyl-trimethylammonium

HPMAX:

2-Hydroxypropyl-trimethylammoniumxylan

HPMAGX:

2-Hydroxypropyl-trimethylammonium-4-O-methylglucuronoxylan

MS:

Molar degree of substitution (per mole AXU)

SAMs:

Self-assembled monolayers on gold

SAM-CH3 :

1-Dodecanethiol SAM

SAM-COOH:

11-Mercapto-1-undecanoic acid SAM

SAM-OH:

11-Mercapto-1-undecanol SAM

SPR:

Surface plasmon resonance

TMSC:

Trimethylsilylcellulose

X:

Xylan

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Acknowledgments

T. Heinze, B. Saake and K. Schwikal were partially supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Holzforschung (F(2003/08)) and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen (AiF16520BG). A. Kaya and A. R. Esker were partially supported by the National Research Initiative of the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, grant number 2005-35504-16088 and the National Science Foundation (CHE-0724126).

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  1. TITK-Rudolstadt, Centre of Excellence for Polysaccharide Research, Rudolstadt, Germany

    Katrin Schwikal

  2. Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Centre of Excellence for Polysaccharide Research, Jena, Germany

    Thomas Heinze

  3. Institute of Wood Technology and Wood Biology, Johann Heinrich von Thuenen Institute, Hamburg, Germany

    Bodo Saake & Jürgen Puls

  4. Department of Chemistry (0212), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA

    Abdulaziz Kaya & Alan R. Esker

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Schwikal, K., Heinze, T., Saake, B. et al. Properties of spruce sulfite pulp and birch kraft pulp after sorption of cationic birch xylan. Cellulose 18, 727–737 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-011-9526-y

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