Journal
CELLULOSE
Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages 679-685Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-012-9689-1
Keywords
Crystalline structure; Cellulose; Dissolution; Ionic liquid
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [50873025]
- Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project [B603]
- Donghua University
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
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The morphology and crystalline structure changes of cellulose during dissolution in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride [(BMIM)Cl] were investigated by optical microscopy and synchrotron radiation wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD). Neither swelling nor dissolution of cellulose was observed under the melting point of [BMIM]Cl. While the temperature was elevated to 70 A degrees C, the swelling phenomenon of cellulose happened with the interplanar spacing of (1 (1) over bar0) and (020) planes increased slightly. With the temperature further going up to 80 degrees C, cellulose was dissolved gradually with the crystallinity (W (c,x)) and crystalline index (CrI) of cellulose decreased rapidly, which indicated the crystalline structure of cellulose was destroyed completely and transformed into amorphous structure.
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