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ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY
Volume 31, Issue -, Pages 473-480Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2016.01.028
Keywords
Nanocellulose; Sonication; Particle size; Nanocellulose film; Haze; Tensile properties
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- Hungarian National Science Foundation [OTKA K82044]
- New Hungary Development Plan [TAMOP-4.2.1/B-09/1/KMR-2010-0002]
- COST Action [FP1205]
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Suspension of nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) produced from bleached cotton by controlled sulphuric acid hydrolysis was treated with low frequency ultrasound at 20 kHz and 60% amplitude for 0, 1, 2, 5 and 10 min and the effects of sonication on the properties of both the cellulose nanocrystals and their aqueous suspensions were investigated. Furthermore, a series of nanocellulose films were manufactured from the suspensions that were sonicated for different periods of time and tested. Laser diffraction analysis and transmission electron microscopy proved that sonication not only disintegrated the large NCC aggregates (D-v50 14.7 mu m) to individual nanowhiskers with an average length and width of 171 +/- 57 and 17 +/- 4 nm, respectively, but also degraded the nanocrystals and yielded shorter and thinner particles (118 +/- 45 and 13 +/- 3 nm, respectively) at 10-min sonication. The ultrasound-assisted disintegration to nano-sized cellulose whiskers decreased the optical haze of suspensions from 98.4% to 52.8% with increasing time from 0 to 10 min, respectively. Sonication of the suspensions significantly contributed to the preparation of films with low haze (high transparency) and excellent tensile properties. With the increasing duration of sonication, the haze decreased and the tensile strength rose gradually. Irrespectively of sonication, however, all films had an outstanding oxygen transmission rate in a range of 5.5-6.9 cm(3)/m(2) day, and a poor thermal stability. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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