title: Cellulose nanowhiskers extracted from TEMPO-oxidized jute fibers.
abstract: Cellulose nanowhiskers is a kind of renewable and biocompatible nanomaterials evoke much interest because of its versatility in various applications. Here, for the first time, a novel controllable fabrication of cellulose nanowhiskers from jute fibers with a high yield (over 80%) via a 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl radical (TEMPO)/NaBr/NaClO system selective oxidization combined with mechanical homogenization is reported. The versatile jute cellulose nanowhiskers with ultrathin diameters (3-10 nm) and high crystallinity (69.72%), contains C6 carboxylate groups converted from C6 primary hydroxyls, which would be particularly useful for applications in the nanocomposites as reinforcing phase, as well as in tissue engineering, pharmaceutical and optical industries as additives.
authors: College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China.
authors: Xinwang
authors: X
authors: Cao
authors: Bin
authors: B
authors: Ding
authors: Jianyong
authors: J
authors: Yu
authors: Salem S
authors: SS
authors: Al-Deyab
mesh_terms: D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005591:Chemical Fractionation; D032381:Corchorus / Q000737:chemistry*; D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008954:Models, Biological; D057139:Nanofibers / Q000737:chemistry; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction / Q000187:drug effects; D010316:Particle Size; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013784:Textiles; D013818:Thermogravimetry; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides; D002482:Cellulose; C003959:TEMPO