Formation of chiral nematic films from cellulose nanocrystal suspensions is a two-stage process

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 31, 2014, Pages 9256-9260

  Mu, Xiaoyue ^a   Gray, Derek G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; EVAPORATION; GLUCOSE;

AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); CHIRAL NEMATICS; CHIRAL-NEMATIC FILMS; TWO-STAGE PROCESS; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; EVAPORATION; GLUCOSE;

EID: 84905972731     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la501741r     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Rånby, B. G. Fibrous Macromolecular Systems Cellulose and Muscle: The Colloidal Properties of Cellulose Micelles Discuss. Faraday Soc. 1951, 11, 158-164
2. Habibi, Y.; Lucia, L.A.; Rojas, O.J. Cellulose Nanocrystals: Chemistry, Self-Assembly and Applications Chem. Rev. 2010, 110, 3479-3500
3. Revol, J.-F.; Bradford, H.; Giasson, J.; Marchessault, R. H.; Gray, D. G. Helicoidal Self-ordering of Cellulose Microfibrils in Aqueous Suspension Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 1992, 14, 170-172
4. Dong, X. M.; Kimura, T.; Revol, J.-F.; Gray, D. G. Effects of Ionic Strength on the Phase Separation of Suspensions of Cellulose Crystallites Langmuir 1996, 12, 2076-2082
5. Beck, S.; Bouchard, J. Auto-Catalyzed Acidic Desulfation of Cellulose Nanocrystals Nord. Pulp Pap. Res. J. 2014, 29, 6-14
6. Revol, J.-F.; Godbout, L.; Gray, D. G. Solid Films of Cellulose with Chiral Nematic Order and Optically Variable Properties J. Pulp Pap. Sci. 1998, 24, 146-149
7. Beck, S.; Bouchard, J.; Berry, R. Controlling the Reflection Wavelength of Iridescent Solid Films of Nanocrystalline Cellulose Biomacromolecules 2011, 12, 167-172
8. Shafiei-Sabet, S.; Hamad, W. Y.; Hatzikiriakos, S. G. Rheology of Nanocrystalline Cellulose Aqueous Suspensions Langmuir 2012, 28, 17124-17133
9. Lagerwall, J. P F; Schütz, C.; Salajkova, M.; Noh, J. H.; Park, J. H.; Scalia, G.; Bergström, L. Cellulose Nanocrystal-Based Materials: from Liquid Crystal Self-Assembly and Glass Formation to Multifunctional Thin Films NPG Asia Mater. 2014, 6, e80
10. Beck, S.; Bouchard, J.; Berry, R. Dispersibility in Water of Dried Nanocrystalline Cellulose Biomacromolecules 2012, 13, 1486-1494
11. Shopsowitz, K. E.; Qi, H.; Wadood, Y.; MacLachlan, M. J. Free-standing Mesoporous Silica Films with Tunable Chiral Nematic Structures Nature 2010, 468, 422-425
12. Kelly, J. A.; Giese, M.; Shopsowitz, K. E.; Hamad, W. Y.; MacLachlan, M. J. The Development of Chiral Nematic Mesoporous Materials Acc. Chem. Res. 2014, 47, 1088-1096
13. Simperler, A.; Kornherr, A.; Chopra, R.; Bonnet, P. A.; Jones, W.; Motherwell, W. D. S.; Zifferer, G. Glass Transition Temperature of Glucose, Sucrose, and Trehalose: An Experimental and in Silico Study J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 19678-19684
14. Kelly, J. A.; Yu, M.; Hamad, M. Y.; MacLachlan, M. J. Large, Crack-free Freestanding Films with Chiral Nematic Structures Adv. Opt. Mater. 2013, 1, 295-299
15. Buckingham, A. D.; Ceasar, G. P.; Dunn, M. B. The Addition of Optically Active Compounds to Nematic Liquid Crystals Chem. Phys. Lett. 1969, 3, 540-541
16. Deegan, R. D.; Bakajin, O.; Dupont, T. F.; Huber, G.; Nagel, S. R.; Witten, T. A. Capillary Flow as the Cause of Ring Stains from Dried Liquid Drops Nature 1997, 389, 827-829
17. Taylor, J. B.; Rowlison, J. S. Thermodynamic Properties of Aqueous Solutions of Glucose Trans. Faraday Soc. 1955, 51, 1183-1192
18. Gladden, J. K.; Dole, M. Diffusion in Supersaturated Solutions II Glucose solutions J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1953, 75, 3900-3904
19. Robinson, C. Liquid-crystalline Structures in Solutions of a Polypeptide Trans. Faraday Soc. 1956, 52, 571-592
20. Dumanli, A. G.; Kamita, G.; Landman, J.; van der Kooij, H.; Glover, B. J.; Baumberg, J. J.; Steiner, U.; Vignolini, S. Controlled, Bio-inspired Self-assembly of Cellulose-based Chiral Reflectors Adv. Opt. Mater. 2014, 2, 646-650
21. Hu, Z.; Cranston, E. D.; Ng, R.; Pelton, R. Tuning Cellulose Nanocrystal Gelation with Polysaccharides and Surfactants Langmuir 2014, 30, 2684-2692
22. Ureña-Benavides, E. E.; Ao, G.; Davis, V. A.; Kitchens, C. L. Rheology and Phase Behavior of Lyotropic Cellulose Nanocrystal Suspensions Macromolecules 2011, 44, 8990-8998