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Cellulose fiber

About: Cellulose fiber is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 10486 publications have been published within this topic receiving 190561 citations. The topic is also known as: cellulose fibre.


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TL;DR: The prime aim of this review article is to demonstrate the recent development and emerging applications of natural cellulose fibers and their polymer materials.

775 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the physicochemical properties of polypropylene-maleic anhydride copolymer copolymers were characterized by contact angle measurements, and the chemical structure was identified with ESCA and FTIR.
Abstract: Cellulose fibers were surface modified with polypropylene–maleic anhydride copolymer. The physical properties of such fibers were characterized by contact angle measurements, and the chemical structure was identified with ESCA and FTIR. ESCA showed that the modifying agent was localized at the surface of the fibers. The modified fibers were compounded with polypropylene, and composites with various amount of fibers were manufactured by injection molding. All mechanical properties were improved when treated fibers were used. SEM showed improved dispersion, wetting of fibers, and adhesion. The nature of adhesion was studied using FTIR. It was found that the surface modifying agent is covalently bonded to the fibers through esterification. The degree of esterification is enhanced by activating the modifying agent before fiber treatment. This study has shown the effects of treatment conditions on activation of reactive species and chemical reaction between fiber and modifying agent. Moreover, a better understanding has been achieved of the nature of adhesion for the system.

762 citations

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TL;DR: This type of systematic comparative study can help to develop the criteria for selecting proper nanocellulose as a biobased nano-reinforcement material in polymer nanocomposites.
Abstract: Both cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) are nanoscale cellulose fibers that have shown reinforcing effects in polymer nanocomposites. CNCs and CNFs are different in shape, size and composition. This study systematically compared their morphologies, crystalline structure, dispersion properties in polyethylene oxide (PEO) matrix, interactions with matrix, and the resulting reinforcing effects on the matrix polymer. Transparent PEO/CNC and PEO/CNF nanocomposites comprising up to 10 wt % nanofibers were obtained via solution casting. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WXRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), dynamic mechanical analyzer (DMA), and tensile testing were used to examine the above-mentioned properties of nanocellulose fibers and composites. At the same nanocellulose concentration, CNFs led to higher strength and modulus than did CNCs due to CNFs’ larger aspect ratio and fiber entangleme...

752 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the surface modification of cellulose fibers by various methods is reviewed and the processing methods, properties, and various applications of nanocellulose and cellulosic composites are also discussed.
Abstract: Cellulose macro- and nanofibers have gained increasing attention due to the high strength and stiffness, biodegradability and renewability, and their production and application in development of composites. Application of cellulose nanofibers for the development of composites is a relatively new research area. Cellulose macro- and nanofibers can be used as reinforcement in composite materials because of enhanced mechanical, thermal, and biodegradation properties of composites. Cellulose fibers are hydrophilic in nature, so it becomes necessary to increase their surface roughness for the development of composites with enhanced properties. In the present paper, we have reviewed the surface modification of cellulose fibers by various methods. Processing methods, properties, and various applications of nanocellulose and cellulosic composites are also discussed in this paper.

685 citations

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TL;DR: The structures of the pectic polymers (the neutral arabinan, the neutral galactan, and the acidic rhamnogalacturonan) were obtained by methylation analysis of fragments of these polymers which were released from the sycamore walls by the action of a highly purified endopolygalacturonase.
Abstract: Cell wall strength is decreased by both auxin treatment and low pH. In a recently proposed model of the plant cell wall, xyloglucan polymers are hydrogen-bonded to cellulose fibrils, forming the only noncovalent link in the network of polymers which cross-link the cellulose fibers. The decreased strength of the cell wall seen upon lowering the pH might be due to an effect of hydrogen ions on the rate of xyloglucan creep along cellulose fibers. This paper investigates binding of xyloglucan fragments to cellulose. At equilibrium, the per cent of nine- and seven-sugar xyloglucan fragments which are bound to cellulose is sensitive to both temperature and the concentration of nonaqueous solvents. However, neither the per cent of xyloglucan fragments bound to cellulose at equilibrium, nor the rate at which the xyloglucan fragments bind to cellulose, is sensitive to changes in hydrogen ion concentration. These results support the hypothesis that, within the cell wall, xyloglucan chains are connected to cellulose fibers by hydrogen bonds, but these results suggest that this interconnection between xyloglucan and cellulose is unlikely to be the point within the wall which regulates the rate of cell elongation.

632 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
2023132
2022233
2021382
2020476
2019508
2018510