Journal
CELLULOSE
Volume 16, Issue 2, Pages 189-198Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-008-9268-7
Keywords
Cellulose; Film; Permeability; LiOH/urea; Mechanical properties
Funding
- National Support Project for Science and Technology [2006BAF02A09]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [59933070, 30530850, 20874079]
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Aqueous 5 wt% LiOH/12 wt% urea solution pre-cooled to -12 A degrees C has a more powerful ability to dissolve cellulose compared to that of NaOH/urea and NaOH/thiourea solution system. The influences of the cellulose concentration and coagulation temperature on the structure, pore size and mechanical properties of the cellulose films prepared from LiOH/urea system were investigated. The cellulose films exhibited good mechanical properties either at wet or dry state and their pore size and water permeability at wet state can be controlled by changing the cellulose concentration or coagulation temperature. With a decrease of the coagulation temperature, the mechanical properties and optical transmittance of the cellulose films enhanced, as a result of the formation of relative smaller pore size and denser structures. This work provided a promising way to prepare cellulose films with different pore sizes at wet state and good physical properties at dry state.
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