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2025 (English)In: Nanoscale, ISSN 2040-3364, E-ISSN 2040-3372, Vol. 17, no 14, p. 8712-8723Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]
Biobased cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) constitute important building blocks for biomimetic, nanostructured materials, and considerable potential exists in their hybridization with tailorable polymeric nanoparticles. CNFs naturally assemble into oriented, fibrillar structures in their cross-section. This work shows that polymeric nanoparticle additives have the potential to increase or decrease orientation of these cellulose structures, which allows the control of bulk mechanical properties. Small amounts of these additives (<1 wt%) are shown to promote the alignment of CNFs, and the particle size is found to determine a tailorable maximum feature size which can be modified. Herein, X-ray scattering allows for the quantification of orientation at different length scales. This newly developed method of measuring cross-sectional orientation allows for understanding the influence of nanoparticle characteristics on the CNF network structure at different length scales in hybrid cellulose-nanoparticle materials, where previously quantitative description has been lacking. It thus constitutes an important foundation for further development and understanding of nanocellulose materials on the level of their nanoscale building blocks and their interactions, which in turn are decisive for their macroscopic properties.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2025
National Category
Paper, Pulp and Fiber Technology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-361628 (URN)10.1039/d4nr04381b (DOI)001444772800001 ()40070204 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-105002162860 (Scopus ID)
Note
QC 20250324
2025-03-242025-03-242025-05-07Bibliographically approved