TY - GEN A1 - Li, Zhonghao A1 - Taubert, Andreas T1 - Cellulose/gold nanocrystal hybrids via an ionic liquid/aqueous precipitation route N2 - Injection of a mixture of HAuCl4 and cellulose dissolved in the ionic liquid (IL) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride [Bmim]Cl into aqueous NaBH4 leads to colloidal gold nanoparticle/cellulose hybrid precipitates. This process is a model example for a very simple and generic approach towards (noble) metal/cellulose hybrids, which could find applications in sensing, sterile filtration, or as biomaterials. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - paper 135 KW - Cellulose KW - Gold nanoparticles KW - Ionic liquid KW - Precipitation KW - Hybrid material Y1 - 2009 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-45046 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reza, M. Toufiq A1 - Rottler, Erwin A1 - Tölle, Rainer A1 - Werner, Maja A1 - Ramm, Patrice A1 - Mumme, Jan T1 - Production, characterization, and biogas application of magnetic hydrochar from cellulose JF - Bioresource technology : biomass, bioenergy, biowastes, conversion technologies, biotransformation, production technologies N2 - Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) produces carbon-rich nano-micro size particles. In this study, magnetic hydrochar (MHC) was prepared from model compound cellulose by simply adding ferrites during HTC. The effects of ferrites on HTC were evaluated by characterizing solid MHC and corresponding process liquid. Additionally, magnetic stability of MHC was tested by magnetic susceptibility method. Finally, MHC was used as support media for anaerobic films in anaerobic digestion (AD). Ash-free mass yield was around 50% less in MHC than hydrochar produced without ferrites at any certain HTC reaction condition, where organic part of MHC is mainly carbon. In fact, amorphous hydrochar was growing on the surface of inorganic ferrites. MHC maintained magnetic susceptibility regardless of reaction time at reaction temperature 250 degrees C. Pronounced inhibitory effects of magnetic hydrochar occurred during start-up of AD but diminished with prolong AD times. Visible biofilms were observed on the MHC by laser scanning microscope after AD. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. KW - Cellulose KW - Hydrothermal carbonization KW - Magnetic hydrochar KW - Magnetic susceptibility KW - Anaerobic digestion Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2015.03.044 SN - 0960-8524 SN - 1873-2976 VL - 186 SP - 34 EP - 43 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER - TY - THES A1 - Sczech, Ronny T1 - Haftvermittlung von Polyelektrolyten zwischen Celluloseoberflächen T1 - Adhesion of polyelectrolytes between cellulose surfaces N2 - Der Adhäsionsprozess an Cellulosefasern sollte bis hin zur molekularen Ebene aufgeklärt werden. Zuerst wurde eine definierte Celluloseoberfläche durch Aufschleudern hergestellt und eingehend charakterisiert wurde. Die Beschaffenheit der Oberfläche ist stark abhängig von der Konzentration Celluloselösung, die für das Aufschleudern benutzt wurde. Für geringe Konzentrationen bildete sich ein Netzwerk von Cellulosefibrillen über die Siliziumoberfläche aus. In einem mittleren Bereich wurden geschlossene Filme mit Dicken zwischen 1,5 und ca. 10 nm erhalten. Diese Filme wiesen eine Rauhigkeit unter 2 nm auf, was der Größe eines Cellulosemoleküls entspräche. Mit höheren Konzentrationen wurden die Filme dicker und auch rauer. Die molekular glatten Cellulosefilme wurden zur Untersuchung der Adhäsionseigenschaften zwischen Celluloseoberflächen und ihrer Modifikation durch den Einfluss von Haftvermittlern (Polyelektrolyte) eingesetzt. Dafür wurde das Haftungsvermögen von Celluloseperlen auf der glatten Celluloseoberfläche analysiert. Die Adhäsion der Celluloseperlen hängt dabei von der Menge und von der Art des adsorbierten Polyelektrolyts ab. Geringe Polyelektrolytkonzentrationen ermöglichen wegen der teilweisen Bedeckung der Celluloseoberflächen eine Verstärkung der Haftvermittlung (Adhäsion). Höhere Konzentrationen an Polyelektrolyten bedecken die Celluloseoberfläche komplett, so dass die Symmetrie der Polyelektrolytadsorption entscheidend wird. Wenn Celluloseperlen und glatte Celluloseoberfläche gleichzeitig mit Polyelektrolyten beschichtet werden verringert sich bei hohen Konzentrationen die Adhäsion erheblich. Ein hohes Maß an Adhäsion wird dagegen erreicht, wenn nur eine der beiden gegenüberliegende Celluloseoberflächen separat beschichtet und dann in Kontakt mit der anderen gebracht Oberfläche wurde. Der Einfluss einer äußeren Kraft auf die haftenden Celluloseperlen wurde untersucht, um eine Aussage über die auftretenden Adhäsionskräfte machen zu können. Dafür wurde eine spezielle Strömungszelle entwickelt, mit der die Bewegung von Celluloseperlen beobachtet werden kann. Je nach Ausrichtung der Strömungszelle bewegten sich die Celluloseperlen unterschiedlich schnell. War die Strömungszelle horizontal ausgerichtet, wirkte zusätzlich zur Adhäsionskraft noch die Gravitation auf die Oberfläche, so dass hier eine wesentlich langsamere Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit ermittelt wurde als für die Messungen in vertikaler Ausrichtung. Die Zugabe von verschiedenen Polyelektrolyten bei den Messungen mit der Strömungszelle hatte einen erheblichen Einfluss auf die Beweglichkeit der haftenden Celluloseperlen. Bei geringen Polyelektrolytkonzentrationen wurde das Potential der einzelnen Polyelektrolyten zur effektiven Haftvermittlung durch eine signifikant geringere Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit der rollenden Celluloseperlen sichtbar. Aus der kritischen Anfangsgeschwindigkeit der rollenden Celluloseperlen wurde die Adhäsionsarbeit errechnet, die für die Bewegung nötig ist. N2 - The process of adhesion of cellulose fibres should be revealed down to a molecular level. Therefore, a well defined cellulose surface was prepared and then characterized. Cellulose was deposited on silicon wafer surfaces via spin coating from a solution of cellulose in dimethylacetamide (including 7% (w/w) lithium chloride). The resulting cellulose layers were analyzed by ellipsometry, AFM, FTIR, ICP-MS, x-ray reflectivity, and contact angle measurements. The texture of the prepared cellulose surfaces depends strongly on the used cellulose solution for spin coating process. For cellulose concentrations below 0.07wt% the wafer surfaces are covered with a network of cellulose fibrils. For concentrations between 0.07 and 0.5 wt%, closed films with thicknesses between 1.5 and ca. 10 nm are obtained. These films are molecularly smooth (rms roughness < 2nm). Higher concentrations result in thicker films with significantly rougher surfaces (rms roughness >2nm). The cellulose layers were used to investigate cellulose/cellulose adhesion and their modification by polyelectrolytes. To this end the sticking behavior of cellulose beads was analyzed. It is demonstrated that the adhesion of the beads depends on the type, amount, and adsorption symmetry of adsorbed polyelectrolyte. Low, incomplete polyelectrolyte coverage always enhances adhesion, whereas for high coverage the symmetry of the polyelectrolyte coating is very important. In this case, adhesion is enhanced if only one surface is covered with polyelectrolyte prior to contact. If both surfaces were fully covered with polyelectrolytes before contact adhesion is decreased. Flexible and cationic polyelectrolytes are the most potent candidates for this usage. The influence of an external force on the adhered cellulose beads was investigated to extimate the occurring adhesion forces. A special flow chamber was developed, in order to track the movements of cellulose beads rolling over a flat cellulose film. A constant water stream was applied as external force. The alignment of the flow chamber in reference to lab floor has an considerable influence on the speed of the rolling cellulose beads. If the flow chamber was aligned in the horizontal position, then gravity acts in addition to the adhesion force onto the surface. Thus, here were measured a substantial lower average speed of cellolude beads as it was measured for the vertical alignment of the flow chamber. The influence of gravity on the rolling friction of the cellulose beads could be prooved by modelling the rolling friction to HERTZ’s law and by evaluating statistically the movement vectors of the cellulose beads. As an another result of this findings one can estimate the occurring adhesion forces and energies. The addition of different polyelectrolytes to the water stream used in measurements with the flow chamber had a substantial influence on the mobility of adhered cellulose beads. At high concentrations of polyelectrolyte sticked so many beads at the cellulose surface, that it was not possible to interpret the data reasonable. Low concentrations enables the potential of the invidual polyelectrolyte to be a effictive binding agent. Here, a significant lower average speed of cellulose beads rolling over a cellulose surface was observed by all used polyelectrolytes but most by a flexible and cationic one. KW - Polyelektrolyt KW - Haftvermittler KW - Cellulose KW - Nassfestigkeit KW - Oberflächen KW - Adhäsion KW - surfaces KW - adhesion Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-7338 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Thuenemann, Andreas F. A1 - Klobes, Peter A1 - Wieland, Christoph A1 - Bruzzano, Stefano T1 - On the nanostructure of micrometer-sized cellulose beads JF - Analytical & bioanalytical chemistry N2 - The analysis of the porosity of materials is an important and challenging field in analytical chemistry. The gas adsorption and mercury intrusion methods are the most established techniques for quantification of specific surface areas, but unfortunately, dry materials are mandatory for their applicability. All porous materials that contain water and other solvents in their functional state must be dried before analysis. In this process, care has to be taken since the removal of solvent bears the risk of an incalculable alteration of the pore structure, especially for soft materials. In the present paper, we report on the use of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) as an alternative analysis method for the investigation of the micro and mesopores within cellulose beads in their native, i.e., water-swollen state; in this context, they represent a typical soft material. We show that even gentle removal of the bound water reduces the specific surface area dramatically from 161 to 109 m(2) g(-1) in cellulose bead sample type MT50 and from 417 to 220 m(2) g(-1) in MT100. Simulation of the SAXS curves with a bimodal pore size distribution model reveals that the smallest pores with radii up to 10 nm are greatly affected by drying, whereas pores with sizes in the range of 10 to 70 nm are barely affected. The SAXS results were compared with Brunauer-Emmett-Teller results from nitrogen sorption measurements and with mercury intrusion experiments. KW - Small-angle X-ray scattering KW - Cellulose KW - Mesopores KW - Micropores KW - Porosimetry Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-011-5176-z SN - 1618-2642 VL - 401 IS - 4 SP - 1101 EP - 1108 PB - Springer CY - Heidelberg ER -