Facile treatment to fine-tune cellulose crystals in cellulose-silk biocomposites through hydrogen peroxide
Facile treatment to fine-tune cellulose crystals in cellulose-silk biocomposites through hydrogen peroxide
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.01.100
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发表时间:
2020-03-15
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8.2
通讯作者:
Salas-de la Cruz, David
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作者:
Love, Stacy A.;Popov, Elizabeth;Salas-de la Cruz, David
The modulation of structural fibrous protein and polysaccharide biopolymers for the design of biomaterials is still relatively challenging due to the non-trivial nature of the transformation from a biopolymers native state to a more usable form. To gain insight into the nature of the molecular interaction between silk and cellulose chains, we characterized the structural, thermal and morphological properties of silk-cellulose biocomposites regenerated from the ionic liquid, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate (EMIMAc), as a function of increasing coagulation agent concentrations. We found that the cellulose crystallinity and crystal size are dependent on the coagulation agent, hydrogen peroxide solution. The interpretation of our results suggests that the selection of a proper coagulator is a critical step for controlling the physicochemical properties of protein-polysaccharide biocomposite materials. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.