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Isolation and characterization of cellulose nanocrystals from cloth hairs and evaluation of their compatibility with PLLA

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Cellulose nanocrystals were successfully isolated from cloth hairs using phosphoric acid. The yields, degree of polymerization, morphology, average particle size, crystallinity, chemical structure, and thermal stability of the prepared nanocrystals were investigated. The results demonstrated that yields and degree of polymerization decreased with the increase of concentration of phosphoric acid due to preferential degradation of amorphous cellulose, resulting in high thermal stability and crystallinity. Morphological analysis revealed that hydrolysis was more homogeneous with increasing acid concentration. In comparison with the cellulose nanocrystals prepared with 6.5, 8.0, and 9.5 M H3PO4, those prepared with 11.0 M H3PO4 had the most uniform particle sizes. Moreover, the nanocrystals had important influence on the crystallization of semicrystalline polymer.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2014CB460610), National Science Foundation of China (Nos. 2157061214 and 21406126).

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  1. College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China

    Meichun Ding & Fushan Chen

  2. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for Graphene Applied Technology Innovation, The Growing Base for State Key Laboratory, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Chenwei Li

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Ding, M., Li, C. & Chen, F. Isolation and characterization of cellulose nanocrystals from cloth hairs and evaluation of their compatibility with PLLA. Cellulose 24, 4785–4792 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-017-1461-0

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