Chemsuschem Chemistry And Sustainability, Energy & Materials 2012-12-01

One-step dispersion of cellulose nanofibers by mechanochemical esterification in an organic solvent.

Pei Huang, Min Wu, Shigenori Kuga, Deqian Wang, Dayong Wu, Yong Huang

Index: ChemSusChem 5(12) , 2319-22, (2012)

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Abstract

Got a crush: Native cellulose can be dispersed as nanofibers in organic solvents by ball milling with esterification agents. Milling with hexanoyl chloride/DMF gives hexanoyl-coated nanofibers dispersible in several organic solvents. Milling with succinic anhydride/DMSO results water-dispersible nanofibers. The results open the way to new cellulose mechanochemistries.Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.