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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 3, Issue 34, Pages 14379-14384Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3ra41299g
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A mixed solvent of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([bmim]Cl) and dimethylacetamide (DMAc) was developed for various applications involving cellulose. By changing the ratio of DMAc, the mixed solvent could be used either for cellulose swelling (more than 65% DMAc), selective dissolution of the non-crystalline domains for extraction of the crystalline nanofibers of cellulose (35-60% DMAc), or complete dissolution (less than 30% DMAc). In the region of complete dissolution, the dissolution rate of cellulose increased drastically as the DMAc ratio increased. The cellulose nanofibers prepared in the mixed solvent of [bmim]Cl-DMAc (50% DMAc) had a diameter of 30 nm and maintained the crystalline structure of cellulose I. A model was proposed to describe the selective dissolution and fibrillation of cellulose nanofibers in the mixed solvent of [bmim]Cl-DMAc.
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