We investigated the effect of solvent exchange on the supramolecular structure and the molecular mobility of the cellulose molecule to clarify the mechanism of the dissolution of cellulose in lithium chloride/N,N-dimethylacetamide (LiCl/DMAc). Among the celluloses that were solvent exchanged in different ways, the DMAc-treated celluloses dissolved most rapidly. Dissolution of the acetone-treated celluloses was much slower than the DMAc-treated ones, but considerably faster than the untreated one. Such differences in the dissolution behavior were well explained by the differences in the surface fractal dimension calculated from the small-angle X-ray scattering profiles and in the 1H spin-lattice and spin-spin relaxation times estimated from the solid-state NMR spectroscopic measurements. Furthermore, it was suggested from the IR spectra and the 13C spin-lattice relaxation times of cellulose that DMAc is adsorbed on the surface of cellulose even after vacuum-drying and affects the molecular mobility and hydrogen-bonding state of cellulose. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Ishii, D., Tatsumi, D., & Matsumoto, T. (2008). Effect of solvent exchange on the supramolecular structure, the molecular mobility and the dissolution behavior of cellulose in LiCl/DMAc. Carbohydrate Research, 343(5), 919–928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carres.2008.01.035
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