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A facile spinning approach towards the continuous production of aligned nanocellulose films
Aalto University, Finland.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8728-3685
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Bioeconomy and Health, Material and Surface Design.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4919-1771
EPFL, Switzerland.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9782-3860
Aalto University.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5923-0789
2024 (English)In: Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, ISSN 0927-7757, E-ISSN 1873-4359, Vol. 701, article id 134673Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In this work, we present an alternative approach to cellulose nanofibril film (CNF) production, taking inspiration from the wet spinning of fibers to wet spin films. During the spinning process, a CNF suspension is injected into a coagulation bath, where the partially aligned CNF network is locked. The CNF alignment of the dry films is then detected by wide angle X-ray scattering (WAXS). The comparison between the ultimate strengths and strengths at breaks of the films produced with different process parameters, including the suspension injection rate, bath pH, and bath flow rate, indicated no significant change in mechanical properties, suggesting a reliable and constant outcome for large-scale film fabrication. Furthermore, the produced films demonstrated high total light transmittance of 93 % at the wavelength of 550 nm, making them suitable for optoelectronic applications. Polarized optical microscopy revealed that even a low degree of CNF alignment can lead to anisotropic optical properties. Moreover, an anisotropic response to humidity was observed, in which the films preferentially bend in the perpendicular direction of the CNF orientation, thus opening a way for humidity-driven actuators.

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Elsevier BV , 2024. Vol. 701, article id 134673
Keywords [en]
Alignment, Anisotropy, Humidity, Optical Properties, Processes, Production, Thin Films, Wet Spinning, Anisotropy, Cellulose films, Nanocellulose, Nanofibers, Optical properties, Spinning (fibers), Suspensions (fluids), Thin films, X ray scattering, carboxyl group, cellulose nanofiber, hydrochloric acid, methyl group, nanocellulose, nanofilm, Cellulose nanofibril film, Cellulose nanofibrils, Continuous production, Film alignment, Film production, Humidity actuation, Nanocellulose films, Optical transparency, Wet-spinning, anisotropy, Article, atomic force microscopy, birefringence, comparative study, controlled study, flow rate, nanofabrication, optics, pH, polarization microscopy, radiation scattering, reproducibility, scanning electron microscopy, suspension, tensile strength, ultraviolet visible spectrophotometry, wet spinning approach, wide angle X ray scattering, Alignment
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-74721DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2024.134673Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85199392032OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-74721DiVA, id: diva2:1887526
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Academy of Finland, 318890Academy of Finland, 318891
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This work was financially supported and part of the Academy of Finland's Flagship Program under Projects No. 318890 and 318891 (Competence Center for Materials Bioeconomy, FinnCERES). BioEconomy and RaMi infrastructures were employed in this work. Karl Håkansson kindly acknowledge the financial support from the Nils and Dorthi Troedsson Research fund. T.A. acknowledges the Chair in Sustainable Materials at EPFL, co-funded by BASF, Logitech, Nestlé, and SIG. Dr. Hoang M. Nguyen is acknowledged for his help in acquiring the AFM images.

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