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Nanostructures consisting of the biomass constituents of the denatured Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) were examined by instrumental analyses at multiple hierarchical levels. Delignification with NaClO2 solution smoothly proceeded to reveal a distorted cell by scanning electron microscopy; however, a trace amount of lignin still remained in the delignified sample according to attenuated total reflection infrared spectra (ATR-IR). Although hemicellulose could be removed by a treatment with NaOH solution, thermogravimetric analysis and 13C cross-polarization/magic angle spinning (CP-MAS) NMR showed a certain amount of hemicellulose remaining. Reaction of the delignified sample with NaOH solution produced a shrunken cell wall that consisted of cellulose with small amounts of lignin and hemicellulose, which were detected by ATR-IR and 13C CP-MAS NMR, respectively. These samples from which lignin and/or hemicellulose had been removed easily released water molecules, producing a decrease in the 1H signal intensity and longer 1H spin–lattice relaxation time (T1H) values in variable temperature 1H MAS NMR. The T1H values provided information about nano-scale molecular interaction difficult to obtain by other instrumental analyses and they greatly changed depending on the water content and ratio of the biomass constituents. The spin–lattice relaxation of all samples occurred via water molecules under humid conditions that provided sufficient water. Under heat-dried conditions, the spin–lattice relaxation mainly occurred via lignin for the samples with lignin remaining while it occurred via cellulose/hemicellulose for the samples without lignin. The variable temperature T1H analysis indicated that predominant spin–lattice relaxation route via lignin was caused by higher molecular mobility of lignin-containing samples compared with lignin-free samples.
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Nishida, M., Tanaka, T., Miki, T. et al. Instrumental analyses of nanostructures and interactions with water molecules of biomass constituents of Japanese cypress. Cellulose 24, 5295–5312 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-017-1507-3
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