Cellulose nanofibers prepared by the N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide method

• Published in: Journal of applied polymer science Vol. 98; no. 4; pp. 1855 - 1859
• Main Author: Kulpinski, Piotr
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 15.11.2005; Wiley
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Exact sciences and technology; fibers; Fibers and threads; Forms of application and semi-finished materials; nanotechnology; Polymer industry, paints, wood; polysaccharides; Technology of polymers; polysaccharides; fibers; Cellulose; Experimental study; Structure processing relationship; Solvent spinning; Mixed solvent; Natural fiber; Morphology; nanotechnology; Membrane; Non woven material; Spinning; Nanostructured materials
• ISSN: 0021-8995; 1097-4628
• DOI: 10.1002/app.22123

The process of electrospinning is very suitable for obtaining fibers with a diameter on a nanometer scale. Such fibers can be spun from almost all kinds of known polymers, copolymers, and polymer blends. In this work, we present cellulose nanofibers obtained by the electrospinning process from spinning dopes containing cellulose dissolved in an N‐methylmorpholine‐N‐oxide/water system. Under different electrospinning process conditions, cellulose fibers, a nonwoven fiber network, and a cellulose membrane were obtained. The fibers were examined with scanning electron microscopy. The diameters of the fibers were in the submicrometer range. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 98: 1855–1859, 2005