Journal
CELLULOSE
Volume 13, Issue 6, Pages 629-635Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-006-9084-x
Keywords
cellulose nanocrystals; dyes; electrolytes; ionic strength; phase separation; suspensions
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Suspensions of negatively charged cellulose nanocrystal are obtained by sulfuric acid hydrolysis of cotton cellulose. Within a specific concentration range, the suspensions spontaneously phase separate to give isotropic and chiral nematic phases. Added anionic dyes of varying charge cause separation of an isotropic phase from the highly concentrated, completely anisotropic suspensions; these dyes have a much greater effect on the suspensions than the equivalent ionic strength of a simple 1:1 electrolyte (sodium chloride). Neutral, cationic and cellulose-binding anionic dyes do not cause phase separation in the anisotropic cellulose suspensions.
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