title: SEC-MALS-QELS study on the molecular conformation of cellulose in LiCl/amide solutions.
abstract: The SEC-MALS-QELS (size-exclusion chromatography equipped with multiangle light scattering and quasi-elastic light scattering detectors) method using lithium chloride/N,N-dimethylacetamide (LiCl/DMAc) and LiCl/1,3-dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone (LiCl/DMI) as mobile phases was applied to cellulose and cellulose tricarbanilate (CTC) samples with various average degree of polymerization (DP) values. Molecular conformations of cellulose and CTC in the solvents were then discussed and compared on the basis of the relationships between the radii of gyration (R(g,z) or S(2)(z)(1/2)), the hydrodynamic radii (R(h,z)), and weight-average DP (DP(w)) or the contour lengths (L(w)). The Benoit-Doty theory for wormlike polymer chains was applied to the R(g) vs L(w) data obtained, and the theoretical curves with Kuhn segment lengths l(K) of around 18 nm were found to fit the data of both cellulose and CTC molecules in the solvents. It was concluded from the obtained results that both cellulose and CTC molecules have conformations essentially identical to each other in the solvents; they behave as typical semiflexible chains in good solvents.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Isogai
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002482:Cellulose / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002850:Chromatography, Gel / Q000379:methods*; D008027:Light; D018021:Lithium Chloride / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012996:Solutions
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D012996:Solutions; D002482:Cellulose; D018021:Lithium Chloride