Room temperature dissolution of cellulose in tetra-butylammonium hydroxide aqueous solvent through adjustment of solvent amphiphilicity

Cellulose

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 49-59

  Wei, Wei ^a   Meng, Fanbin ^a   Cui, Yuhu ^a   Jiang, Man ^a   Zhou, Zuowan ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amphiphilicity; Cellulose dissolution; Mechanism; Room temperature; Tetra butylammonium hydroxide; Urea

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; DISSOLUTION; MECHANISMS; METABOLISM; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; UREA;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; AMPHIPHILIC PROPERTY; AMPHIPHILICITY; CELLULOSE DISSOLUTIONS; DISSOLUTION PROCESS; INTERFACIAL RESISTANCES; TETRA BUTYLAMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; TRANSPARENT SOLUTIONS;

CELLULOSE FILMS;

EID: 84994741643     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: 1572882X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-016-1113-9     Document Type: Article

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