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Degrees of hornification in softwood and hardwood kraft pulp during drying from different solvents
Hornification, a complex phenomenon occurring during drying of lignocellulosic materials because of formation of irreversible chemical bonds, remains...
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Impact of high consistency enzymatic hydrolysis and defibration drying on cellulose fiber pore characteristics
The purpose of this study is to examine the hornification of enzymatically hydrolyzed high consistency softwood kraft pulp in an experimental...
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Effects of pretreatment on the recycling properties of birch holocellulose paper
Holocellulose fibers exhibit excellent recycling performance and are increasingly gaining attention for addressing the hornification effect that...
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Effect of pulp prehydrolysis conditions on dissolution and regenerated cellulose pore structure
When producing regenerated cellulose materials, e.g., fibers and films, pulp fibers are first dissolved in a solvent and then regenerated in an...
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Effect of surfactants on the cellulosic fiber characteristics during paper recycling
As a kind of chemical additives, surfactants are widely used in the processes of papermaking, which played roles of wetting, dispersing, emulsifying...
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Mechanochemical esterification of cellulose nanofibers lyophilized from eutectic water–tert-butanol mixtures
Freeze-dried CNFs can be modified by mechanochemical (MC) processes with minimal use of auxiliary solvents, however aggregation of nanofibers during...
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Analyzing the effects of thermal stress on insulator papers by solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy
Million tons of cellulosic paper have been used for insulating coils in oil-filled electrical power transformers, thereby assuring the electricity...
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Effect of drying conditions on cellulose microfibril aggregation and “hornification”
AbstractDrying of chemical pulps results in a decreased swelling of the fibres, leading to lower density and strength properties of paper sheets. To...
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Aerogel-like (low density and high surface area) cellulose monoliths and beads obtained without supercritical- or freeze-drying
Aerogels are lightweight open-pore nanostructured materials with high specific surface area. Till now, to obtain cellulose II aerogels, drying with...
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Low-temperature thermal drying-induced pore expansion effects of cellulosic fibers
Thermal drying makes cellulosic fibers shrink, resulting in pore collapse and degraded fiber performance. However, in this work, the pores of...
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Influence of the freezing and lyophilization of bacterial cellulose hydrogel on water removal from both water-in-oil and oil-in-water emulsion
Cellulose hydrogels are potential candidates to remove water from oil–water emulsions. However, their practical application has been limited by...
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Revealing pore size distribution in cellulose and lignin-cellulose man-made fibers – effect of draw ratio and lignin content
There are limited methods available for measurement of the porosity of cellulose fibers, even more so for obtaining a pore size distribution....
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Facile Method to Obtain Low DS β-ketoesters and Esters of Microfibrillated Cellulose
Herein we report a facile approach to prepare low DS microfibrillated cellulose acetoacetates and esters. All the reactions were performed directly...
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Effect of lignin content on the microstructural characteristics of lignocellulose nanofibrils
AbstractThe microstructure and properties of lignocellulosic fibers usually change during the drying process due to the hornification of fibers. The...
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Refinability of mercerized softwood kraft pulp
In this study, the impact of mercerization and PFI refining on the properties of softwood kraft pulp was investigated. Never-dried softwood kraft...
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Investigating the effects of boron compounds on the cellulose fiber performance in paper recycling process
This study aimed to investigate the effects of boron compounds on cellulose fibers during recycling. Three recycling stages were conducted, applying...
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Short-term thermal drying-induced pore expansion effects of cellulosic fibers and its applications
In this work, a short-term thermal drying procedure of cellulosic fibers was designed to present pore expansion and increase via lignin-cellulose...
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Co-reinforcement of paper wet strength by cellulose nanofibers and NaOH treatment
This study examined the co-reinforcing effects of cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) and NaOH treatment on the wet strength of paper sheets. CNFs were added...
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Drying and redispersion of plant cellulose nanofibers for industrial applications: a review
AbstractThe broad range of applications of cellulose (CNFs) nanofibers derived from plant sources has promoted different strategies for their...
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Dried nanocellulose/xanthan as reinforcing fillers in thermoplastic starch
Nanocellulose fibres are known to enhance the mechanical properties of biopolymers when added as a filler. Nanocellulose irreversibly agglomerates...
