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BIOMACROMOLECULES
卷 24, 期 7, 页码 3009-3015出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00072
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The alignment of anisotropic nanomaterials affects their functions. Rod-like cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) form liquid crystals with self-ordering and exhibit unique optical properties. Native cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) are oriented and their orientation correlates with their mechanical strength and cell responses. A fabrication method for non-uniaxial, fingerprint-like alignment of CNFs using the Langmuir-Blodgett technique is proposed. The obtained Langmuir-Blodgett films of CNFs show anisotropic frictional properties depending on the orientation direction. This process for CNF ultrathin film fabrication can be used for novel surface design with desired structure-function correlations, providing anisotropic surface properties.
The alignment of geometrically anisotropic nanomaterials regulates their functions. Self-ordering of rod-like cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) results in liquid-crystal formation, and the ordering of the CNCs exhibits unique optical properties. Native cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) are considered to be oriented, and thus the orientation is correlated with their functions, such as their mechanical strength and cell responses. In contrast, the ordering of artificially pulverized CNFs with high aspect ratios is restricted by their long fibrous shape. Here, we propose a facile fabrication method for non-uniaxial, fingerprint-like alignment of CNFs using the Langmuir- Blodgett technique. The obtained Langmuir-Blodgett films of CNFs exhibited anisotropic frictional properties depending on the orientation direction. This process for fabrication of CNF ultrathin films is expected to be used for novel surface design with desired structure- function correlations, which provides anisotropic surface properties to the material surface.
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