Preparation and Properties of Cellulose Solutions

Patrick Navard (1) , Frank Wendler (2) , Franck Meister (3) , Maria Bercea (4) , Tatiana Budtova (1)

1 CEMEF - Centre de Mise en Forme des Matériaux
2 Bozetto GmbH
3 Centre of Excellence for Polysaccharide Research
4 “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry

Cellulose cannot melt and is not soluble in common organic solvents. The first part of this chapter is a review of the main aspects of cellulose dissolution. Research results obtained in several EPNOE laboratories are then described. This includes the mechanisms of the dissolution of native cellulose fibres, solution properties in sodium hydroxide water and ionic liquids, stabilisation of cellulose in N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide-water and mixtures of cellulose with other polysaccharide or lignin in solution

Mots clés: Cellulose

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]; Matériaux

Patrick Navard, Frank Wendler, Franck Meister, Maria Bercea, Tatiana Budtova. Preparation and Properties of Cellulose Solutions. Edited by Patrick Navard. The European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE): Research Initiatives and Results, Springer-Verlag, pp.91-152, 2013, 978-3-7091-0420-0. ⟨10.1007/978-3-7091-0421-7_5⟩. ⟨hal-00776886⟩