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Twisting of Fibers Balancing the Gel–Sol Transition in Cellulose Aqueous Suspensions
Cellulose hydrogels and films are advantageous materials that are applied in modern industry and medicine. Cellulose hydrogels have a stable scaffold and never form films upon drying, while viscous cellulose hydrosols are liquids that could be used for film production. So, stabilizing either a gel o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6571874/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31086088 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym11050873 |
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author | Zlenko, Dmitry V. Nikolsky, Sergey N. Vedenkin, Alexander S. Politenkova, Galina G. Skoblin, Aleksey A. Melnikov, Valery P. Mikhaleva, Maria G. Stovbun, Sergey V. |
author_facet | Zlenko, Dmitry V. Nikolsky, Sergey N. Vedenkin, Alexander S. Politenkova, Galina G. Skoblin, Aleksey A. Melnikov, Valery P. Mikhaleva, Maria G. Stovbun, Sergey V. |
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description | Cellulose hydrogels and films are advantageous materials that are applied in modern industry and medicine. Cellulose hydrogels have a stable scaffold and never form films upon drying, while viscous cellulose hydrosols are liquids that could be used for film production. So, stabilizing either a gel or sol state in cellulose suspensions is a worthwhile challenge, significant for the practical applications. However, there is no theory describing the cellulose fibers’ behavior and processes underlying cellulose-gel-scaffold stabilizing. In this work, we provide a phenomenological mechanism explaining the transition between the stable-gel and shapeless-sol states in a cellulose suspension. We suppose that cellulose macromolecules and nanofibrils under strong dispersing treatment (such as sonication) partially untwist and dissociate, and then reassemble in a 3D scaffold having the individual elements twisted in the nodes. The latter leads to an exponential increase in friction forces between the fibers and to the corresponding fastening of the scaffold. We confirm our theory by the data on the circular dichroism of the cellulose suspensions, as well as by the direct scanning electron microscope (SEM) observations and theoretical assessments. |
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spelling | pubmed-65718742019-06-18 Twisting of Fibers Balancing the Gel–Sol Transition in Cellulose Aqueous Suspensions Zlenko, Dmitry V. Nikolsky, Sergey N. Vedenkin, Alexander S. Politenkova, Galina G. Skoblin, Aleksey A. Melnikov, Valery P. Mikhaleva, Maria G. Stovbun, Sergey V. Polymers (Basel) Article Cellulose hydrogels and films are advantageous materials that are applied in modern industry and medicine. Cellulose hydrogels have a stable scaffold and never form films upon drying, while viscous cellulose hydrosols are liquids that could be used for film production. So, stabilizing either a gel or sol state in cellulose suspensions is a worthwhile challenge, significant for the practical applications. However, there is no theory describing the cellulose fibers’ behavior and processes underlying cellulose-gel-scaffold stabilizing. In this work, we provide a phenomenological mechanism explaining the transition between the stable-gel and shapeless-sol states in a cellulose suspension. We suppose that cellulose macromolecules and nanofibrils under strong dispersing treatment (such as sonication) partially untwist and dissociate, and then reassemble in a 3D scaffold having the individual elements twisted in the nodes. The latter leads to an exponential increase in friction forces between the fibers and to the corresponding fastening of the scaffold. We confirm our theory by the data on the circular dichroism of the cellulose suspensions, as well as by the direct scanning electron microscope (SEM) observations and theoretical assessments. MDPI 2019-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6571874/ /pubmed/31086088 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym11050873 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Zlenko, Dmitry V. Nikolsky, Sergey N. Vedenkin, Alexander S. Politenkova, Galina G. Skoblin, Aleksey A. Melnikov, Valery P. Mikhaleva, Maria G. Stovbun, Sergey V. Twisting of Fibers Balancing the Gel–Sol Transition in Cellulose Aqueous Suspensions |
title | Twisting of Fibers Balancing the Gel–Sol Transition in Cellulose Aqueous Suspensions |
title_full | Twisting of Fibers Balancing the Gel–Sol Transition in Cellulose Aqueous Suspensions |
title_fullStr | Twisting of Fibers Balancing the Gel–Sol Transition in Cellulose Aqueous Suspensions |
title_full_unstemmed | Twisting of Fibers Balancing the Gel–Sol Transition in Cellulose Aqueous Suspensions |
title_short | Twisting of Fibers Balancing the Gel–Sol Transition in Cellulose Aqueous Suspensions |
title_sort | twisting of fibers balancing the gel–sol transition in cellulose aqueous suspensions |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6571874/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31086088 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym11050873 |
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