Tuning the Porosity, Water Interaction, and Redispersion of Nanocellulose Hydrogels by Osmotic Dehydration

Autor: Maryam Mousavi, Ville Rissanen, Jon Trifol, Tekla Tammelin, Jaana Vapaavuori, Thaddeus Maloney, Josphat Phiri, Eero Kontturi, Valentina Guccini
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Guccini, V, Phiri, J, Trifol, J, Rissanen, V, Mousavi, S M, Vapaavuori, J, Tammelin, T, Maloney, T & Kontturi, E 2022, ' Tuning the Porosity, Water Interaction, and Redispersion of Nanocellulose Hydrogels by Osmotic Dehydration ', ACS Applied Polymer Materials, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 24-28 . https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.1c01430
ACS Applied Polymer Materials
ISSN: 2637-6105
DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.1c01430
Popis: Osmotic dehydration (OD) was introduced as a method to reproducibly tune the water content and porosity of cellulose nanofiber (CNF) hydrogels. The hierarchical porosity was followed by electron microscopy (pores with a >100 μm diameter) and thermoporosimetry (mesopores), together with mechanical testing, in hydrogels with solid contents ranging from 0.7 to 12 wt %. Furthermore, a reciprocal correlation between proton conductivity and the ratio of water bound to the nanocellulose network was established, suggesting the potential of these systems toward tunable energy materials.
Databáze: OpenAIRE