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Cellulose–solvent interactions from self-diffusion NMR

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Molecular self-diffusion coefficients were measured in solutions of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) and dissolving pulp, in 40 wt% aqueous tetrabutylammonium hydroxide (TBAH), using pulsed field gradient stimulated echo NMR. From the cellulose diffusion coefficients, a weight averaged radius of hydration <Rh>w = 6.1 nm for MCC and <Rh>w = 15 nm for pulp were obtained. Water and TBA+ ions show a significantly different dependence on the cellulose concentration, revealing different molecular interactions with the polymer. Water-cellulose are essentially excluded volume. TBA+ ions, on the other hand, bind to cellulose with approximately 1.2 TBA+ ions per glucose unit.

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Pegah Nosrati Hefzabad for MCC/TBAH solutions preparation. We thank Caroline Löfgren, Södra, for providing the cellulose size distributions using SEC-MALS.

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Gentile, L., Olsson, U. Cellulose–solvent interactions from self-diffusion NMR. Cellulose 23, 2753–2758 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-016-0984-0

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