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The emission spectra of pure cellulose samples of various origins were monitored during several heating/cooling cycles. During heating the emission intensity decreased due to the greater probability for internal conversion at higher temperatures. Cooling resulted in an emission recovery that was nearly reversible over several heating/cooling cycles, provided that the final 0temperature was sufficiently low. The change in the relative emission yield with temperature showed two regimes, both with linear decreases but different slopes, suggesting different mechanisms for the internal conversion in these regions. Heating to temperatures higher than 160 °C for filter papers and higher than 145 °C for microcrystalline cellulose initiated reactions that caused changes in the emission spectra typical of thermal degradation. If the samples were heated beyond these threshold temperatures the emission recovery on cooling after the first heat treatment occurred to a much higher intensity level than that observed initially, indicating the formation of a multitude of new chromophores due to thermal reactions. Exposure of the samples to IR radiation caused a slow increase in the emission intensity for almost 600 h.
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Tylli, H., Forsskåhl, I. & Olkkonen, C. The effect of heat and IR radiation on the fluorescence of cellulose. Cellulose 7, 133–146 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009225624732
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