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<p>Cellulose nanocrystals were extracted from cotton. The cellulose nanocrystals made a self-assembly structure when dried under slow conditions, as it was revealed by the characterization made to the material. The AFM images of the nanocrystals showed that they had a changing local orientation, pointing in a preferred direction that underwent a periodic change. This periodic change resembles the orientation of a chiral nematic phase. The TEM images showed that the nanocrystals had a rod-like appearance with average length size of 98.5 nm and a diameter of 4.7 nm. The TEM characterization showed the nanocrystals with more details than AFM. In this paper, the self-assembling of CNC was observed by AFM, and further investigations were done by TEM, deconvoluting the process of CNC nanorods aggregation.</p>
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Cellulose nanocrystals were extracted from cotton. The cellulose nanocrystals made a self-assembly structure when dried under slow conditions, as it was revealed by the characterization made to the material. The AFM images of the nanocrystals showed that they had a changing local orientation, pointing in a preferred direction that underwent a periodic change. This periodic change resembles the orientation of a chiral nematic phase. The TEM images showed that the nanocrystals had a rod-like appearance with average length size of 98.5 nm and a diameter of 4.7 nm. The TEM characterization showed the nanocrystals with more details than AFM. In this paper, the self-assembling of CNC was observed by AFM, and further investigations were done by TEM, deconvoluting the process of CNC nanorods aggregation.

Self-ordered cellulose nanocrystals and microscopic investigations

Materials Science-Poland

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Cellulose nanocrystals were extracted from cotton. The cellulose nanocrystals made a self-assembly structure when dried under slow conditions, as it was...

Self-ordered cellulose nanocrystals and microscopic investigations

Published Online: Apr 13, 2021

Page range: 613 - 618

Received: Aug 01, 2018

Accepted: Apr 23, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2020-0068

Keywords
cellulose nanocrystals, biopolymer, self-assembly, TEM of cellulose

© 2020 C.F. Castro-Guerrero et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Self-ordered cellulose nanocrystals and microscopic investigations

Published Online: Apr 13, 2021

Page range: 613 - 618

Received: Aug 01, 2018

Accepted: Apr 23, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2020-0068

Keywordscellulose nanocrystals, biopolymer, self-assembly, TEM of cellulose

© 2020 C.F. Castro-Guerrero et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
cellulose nanocrystals, biopolymer, self-assembly, TEM of cellulose