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- Brumer, Harry, et al.
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Activation of crystalline cellulose surfaces though the chemoenzymatic modification of xyloglucan
- 2004
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Ingår i: Journal of the American Chemical Society. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 0002-7863 .- 1520-5126. ; 126:18, s. 5715-1721
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Cellulose constitutes an important raw material for many industries. However, the superb load-bearing properties of cellulose are accompanied by poor chemical reactivity. The hydroxyl groups on cellulose surfaces can be reacted but usually not without loss of fiber integrity and strength. Here, we describe a novel chemoenzymatic approach for the efficient incorporation of chemical functionality onto cellulose surfaces. The modification is brought about by using a transglycosylating enzyme, xyloglucan endotranglycosylase, to join chemically modified xyloglucan oligosaccharides to xyloglucan, which has a naturally high affinity to cellulose. Binding of the chemically modified hemicellulose molecules can thus be used to attach a wide variety of chemical moieties without disruption of the individual fiber or fiber matrix.
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- Zhang, L. N., et al.
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Solution properties of antitumor sulfated derivative of alpha-(1 -> 3)-D-glucan from Ganoderma lucidum
- 2000
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Ingår i: Bioscience, biotechnology and biochemistry. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0916-8451 .- 1347-6947. ; 64:10, s. 2172-2178
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Four fractions of a water-insoluble alpha-(1-->3)-D-glucan GL extracted from fruiting bodies of Ganoderma lucidum were dissolved in 0.25 M LiCl/DMsO, and then reacted with sulfur trioxide-pyridine complex at 80 degreesC to synthesize a series of water-soluble sulfated derivatives S-GL. The degree of substitution of DS was measured by using IR infrared spectra, elemental analysis, and C-13 NMR to be 1.2-1.6 in the non-selective sulfation. Weight-average molecular weight M, and intrinsic viscosity [eta] of the sulfated derivatives S-GL were measured by multi-angle laser light scattering and viscometry. The M-w value (2.4 x 10(4)) of sulfated glucan S-GL-1 was much lower than that (44.5 x 10(4)) of original alpha-(1-->3)-D-glucan GL-1. The Mark-Houwink equation and average value of characteristic ratio C-infinity for the S-GL in 0.2 M NaCl aqueous solution at 25 degreesC were found to be: [eta] =1.32 x 10(-3) M-w(1.06) (cm(3) g(-1)) and 16, respectively, in the M-w range from 1.1 x 10(4) to 2.4 x 10(4). It indicated that the sulfated derivatives of the alpha-(1-->3)-D-glucan in the aqueous solution behave as an expanded chain, owing to intramolecular hydrogen bonding or interaction between charge groups. Interestingly, two sulfated derivatives synthesized from the alpha-(1-->3)-D-glucan and curdlan, a beta-(1-->3)-D-glucan, all had significant higher antitumor activity against Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC) than the originals. The effect of expanded chains of the sulfated glucan in the aqueous solution on the improvement of the antitumor activity could not be negligible.
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- Zhang, L. N., et al.
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Triple helix of beta-D-glucan from Lentinus Edodes in 0.5 M NaCl aqueous solution characterized by light scattering
- 2001
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Ingår i: Polymer journal. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0032-3896 .- 1349-0540. ; 33:4, s. 317-321
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- beta-(1 -->3)-D-glucan with (1 -->6) branching (L-FV-I) from Lentinus edodes in water was degraded into seven fractions of different molecular weights by ultrasonic irradiation. Weight-average molecular weight M,, radius of gyration (1/2)(5) and intrinsic viscosity [eta] of the beta -D-glucan and its fractions in 0.5 M NaCl aqueous solution and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) were studied by multi-angle laser light scattering (MALLS), GPC combined with MALLS, and viscometry. M, dependence of [eta] for the glucan in 0.5 M NaCl aqueous solution was represented approximately by [eta] =7.69 x 10(-6) M-w(1.32) (cm(3) g(-1)) at M-w from 1.87 X 10(5) to 1.20 X 10(6) at 25 degreesC. GPC chromatograms of the glucans in aqueous solution contained two peaks, a main peak corresponding to triple-stranded chains with molecular weight M-w,M-m, and small second peak corresponding to fragments of single chains with M-w,M-s (about 20 +/-5% content). Analysis of M-w,M-m and (1/2)(z,m) in term of the known theory for wormlike chains yielded 2180 +/- 100 nm(-1), 120 +/- 10 nm and 0.31 nm for molar mass per unit contour length M-L, persistence length q, and contour length h per main-chain glucose residue, respectively, which agree closely with theory data of triple-helical chains and reported parameters for triple-helix schizophyllan in 0.01 M NaOH aqueous solution. The ratios of M-w,M-m, in 0.5 M NaCl to M, in DMSO were calculated to be roughly 3. The predominant species of the glucan in 0.5 M NaCl aqueous solution exist as triple-helical chains with high rigidity, and in DMSO as single-flexible chains.
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- Zhang, L., et al.
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Transition from triple helix to coil of Lentinan in solution measured by SEC, viscometry, and C-13 NMR
- 2002
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Ingår i: Polymer journal. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0032-3896 .- 1349-0540. ; 34:6, s. 443-449
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Lentinan, beta-(1 --> 3)-D-glucan with (1 --> 6) branching, was isolated from Lentinus edodes. Weight-average molecular weight M-w radius of gyration < s(2) > (1/2) and intrinsic viscosity [eta] of Lentinan in 0.2 M NaCl aqueous solution, dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) and water/DMSO mixtures were measured by light scattering (LS), size exclusion chromatography (SEC) combined with LS, and viscometry. The results indicated that the glucan exists mainly as triple-helical chains in 0.2 M NaCl aqueous solution and water/DMSO mixtures with over 20 wt% water content, and as single-flexible chain in DMSO. The data from SEC-LS, viscosity and C-13 NMR measurements proved strongly that the helix-coil conformation transition occurred in a narrow range from 80 to 85 wt% DMSO aqueous solution, accompanying with obvious changes of M-w, < s(2) >(1/2)(z), [eta] as well as signals of C6 and C6(s). The transition of Lentinan in water/DMSO mixture was irreversible. The difference in C-13 NMR spectra for the triple-helical and coil conformations was the disappearance of the signals of C3 in beta-(1 --> 3)- linked backbone and the enhancement in relative intensities of glucose substituted C6s in the helix state, as well as the appearance of an asymmetric and broad peak of C6 in the intermediate of the conformation change. This suggests that the immobilization of the backbone by binding with intra and intermolecular hydrogen bonds resulted in the loss of the signals of its carbon atoms in the triple helix state. An overcoating cylinder model composed of the beta-(1 --> 3)- linked backbone as helix core and the side chains as rotatable overcoat was proposed to illustrate the triple-helical conformation and its transition in the solution.
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- Zhou, Qi, et al.
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Miscibility, free volume behavior and properties of blends from cellulose acetate and castor oil-based polyurethane
- 2003
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Ingår i: Polymer. - 0032-3861 .- 1873-2291. ; 44:5, s. 1733-1739
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A series of blend films from cellulose acetate (CA) and castor oil-based polyurethane (PU) were prepared. Morphology, miscibility, free volume behavior and properties of such blend films were investigated by wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WXRD), infrared, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS), thermogravimetric analysis and tensile test. The results indicated that lager free volume cavities did not form at the interface of two polymers although a certain degree of phase separation was found by the studies of SEM and DSC. Strong intermolecular hydrogen bonding interactions at the interface, which was proved by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, favors even better molecular packing, that is, PU dispersed in CA continuous phase to form fine microphase separation domain in the CA-rich blends. Due to such special interactions in the fine microphase separation domain structure, optimized properties of tensile strength, breaking elongation and cold-resistivity were obtained in the blend film with 75 wt% CA. The toughness of all the blend films was significantly higher than that of the film CA, owing to the plasticizing of PU elastomer in the blends.
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- Zhou, Qi, et al.
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Phase transition of thermosensitive amphiphilic cellulose esters bearing olig(oxyethylene)s
- 2000
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Ingår i: Polymer Bulletin. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0170-0839 .- 1436-2449. ; 45:05-apr, s. 381-388
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A series of cellulose esters bearing olig(oxyethylene)s with different degree of substitution (DS) and different length of the oxyethylene chain were synthesized by a homogeneous reaction of cellulose with corresponding monofunctional acid chloride in a 10% LiCl-dimethyl acetoamide (DMAc) solution. The effect of total DS value on the solubility of the derivatives in aqueous solution was investigated. It was found that the lower limit DS value for both water-soluble and amphiphilic derivatives decreases with increasing length of oxyethylene chains. The amphiphilic derivatives, which are soluble in both water and chloroform, precipitate out of aqueous solution on heating without gel forming, such a phase transition behavior was studied in terms of DS value, length of oxyethylene and concentration. The precipitation temperature (T-p) of the amphiphilic derivatives is range from 54 degreesC to 96 degreesC. It decreases with increasing the total DS value, and increases with an increase in the length of oxyethylene chains. The T-p value of the derivatives was found to be almost independent in the concentration range of 1-15 wt %, however the T-p value increases sharply with decreasing polymer concentration when the concentration is lower than 1 wt%.
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- Zhou, Qi, et al.
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Process for preparing hydroxy ethyl cellulose
- 2002
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Patent (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- The present invention discloses a new method for cellulose in NaOH / Urea homogeneous hydroxyethyl Preparation hydroxyethylcellulose. The method of the cellulose is completely dissolved in 6wt% sodium hydroxide / 4wt% aqueous solution of urea, and 2-chloroethanol with hydroxyethyl cellulose homogeneous reaction in the aqueous solution used successfully prepared water-soluble hydroxyethyl cellulose. No significant degradation of cellulose occurs in the course of the reaction. This is a new process for the preparation of hydroxyethyl cellulose, low cost, non-polluting, and high product purity, good uniformity.
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- Zhou, Qi, et al.
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Synthesis and properties of O-2- 2-(2-methoxyethoxy) ethoxy acetyl cellulose
- 2001
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Ingår i: Journal of Polymer Science Part A. - 0887-624X .- 1099-0518. ; 39:3, s. 376-382
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this article, a series of O-2-[2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxy] acetyl celluloses with different degree of substitution (DS) values was synthesized by a homogeneous reaction of cellulose with 2-[2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxy] acetyl chloride in a 10% (w/w) dimethylacetamide/lithium chloride solution, combined with pyridine as the acid acceptor. The total DS values of the derivatives in anhydroglucose units was determined by H-1 and C-13 NMR spectra, and ranged from 0.4 to 3.0, depending on the amount of acid chloride in the reaction. The effects of the total DS values and the O-2-[2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxy]acetyl acetyl substituent distribution on the solubility of the derivatives were investigated. The lowest limit of the DS value for water-soluble 0-2-[2-(2methoxyethoxy)ethoxy]acetyl cellulose was approximately 0.5, which is lower than that of methylcellulose. The amphiphilic derivatives with higher DS values than 1.7 exhibited a good solubility in both water and organic solvents, such as dimethyl sulfoxide, tetrahydrofuran, and chloroform. Sol-gel transition in aqueous solution was observed for the amphiphilic derivatives with a higher DS value than 1.7; the precipitation temperature (T-p) decreased as the DS value increased, showing that the derivatives are highly temperature sensitive. The thermal properties of the fully substituted derivative were measured using polarized microscopy, DSC, and X-ray diffraction; and are dis cussed in terms of phase transition of the sample derivatives.
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