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Esterification of Cellulose Nanofibers with Valeric Acid and Hexanoic Acid

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Cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) have received considerable attention as reinforcing fillers due to their excellent and versatile properties, including physical, morphological, and chemical features. Despite many advantages of CNFs, the hydrophilic nature of CNFs significantly limits their use as fillers. In this study, CNFs were modified by esterification with two kinds of carboxylic acids: valeric acid (VA) and hexanoic acid (HA). The degree of substitutions (DS) of VA-CNF and HA-CNF was 2.78 ± 0.04 and 2.61 ± 0.02, respectively. The dispersibility in an isopropanol solvent showed the controlled hydrophilicity of the modified CNFs. Moreover, the water contact angles of VA-CNF and HA-CNF were 79.2 ± 3.1° and 85.0 ± 1.7°, respectively, while the neat CNF was just 18.9 ± 1.6°. The thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) revealed that the modified CNFs have much better thermal stability than the neat CNFs. Also, the CNF films showed uniform-sized nano-porous structures after the modifications of CNFs. Combined with well-improved hydrophobicity, these multi-faceted results suggest that our esterification technique of CNFs can be applied in a wide range of eco-friendly materials applications.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Inha University, 100 Inha-ro, Michuhol-gu, Incheon, 22212, Korea

    Kyeonga Her, So Hui Jeon, Seunghyeon Lee & Bong Sup Shim

  2. Program in Biomedical Science & Engineering, Inha University, 100 Inha-ro, Michuhol-gu, Incheon, 22212, Korea

    Seunghyeon Lee & Bong Sup Shim

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Information is available regarding deconvolution of XRD pattern for untreated CNF, 1H NMR spectra of DA-CNF under various reaction, DS (degree of substitution) of VA-CNF, HA-CNF, and DA-CNF under various conditions, 1H NMR spectra and DS of VA-CNF and HA-CNF under longer reaction time, and TEM images of neat CNF, VA-CNF, and HA-CNF under 50 °C for 60 min. The materials are available via Internet at http://www.springer.com/13233.

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Her, K., Jeon, S.H., Lee, S. et al. Esterification of Cellulose Nanofibers with Valeric Acid and Hexanoic Acid. Macromol. Res. 28, 1055–1063 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13233-020-8146-5

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