Characteristics of Dialdehyde Cellulose Nanofibrils Derived from Cotton Linter Fibers and Wood Fibers

Author:

Tu Qiyuan1,Gao Wenhua12,Zhou Junjie1,Wu Jinglin1,Zeng Jinsong12,Wang Bin12,Xu Jun12ORCID

Affiliation:

1. State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

2. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, Guangzhou 510006, China

Abstract

Two types of cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) were isolated from cotton linter fibers and hardwood fibers through mechanical fibrillation methods. The dialdehyde cellulose nanofibrils (DACNFs) were prepared through the periodate oxidation method, and their morphological and structural properties were investigated. The characteristics of the DACNFs during the concentration process were also explored. The AFM analysis results showed that the mean diameters of wood fiber-based CNFs and cotton fiber-based CNFs were about 52.03 nm and 69.51 nm, respectively. However, the periodate oxidation treatment process obviously reduced the nanofibril size and destroyed the crystalline region of the nanofibrils. Due to the high crystallinity of cotton fibers, the cotton fiber-based DACNFs exhibited a lower aldehyde content and suspension stability compared to the wood fiber-based DACNFs. For the concentration process of the DACNF suspension, the bound water content of the concentrated cotton fiber-based DACNFs was lowered to 0.41 g/g, which indicated that the cotton fiber-based DACNFs could have good redispersibility. Both the wood fiber-based and cotton fiber-based DACNF films showed relatively good transmittance and mechanical strength. In addition, to the cotton fiber-based DACNF films had a very low swelling ratio, and the barrier water vapor and oxygen properties of the redispersed cotton fiber-based DACNF films decreased by very little. In sum, this study has demonstrated that cotton fibers could serve as an effective alternative to wood fibers for preparing CNFs, and that cotton fiber-based DACNFs have huge application prospects in the field of packaging film materials due to their stable properties during the concentration process.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery

Publisher

MDPI AG

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