Water Adsorption in Wood Microfibril-Hemicellulose System: Role of the Crystalline鈥揂morphous Interface

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• 作者：Karol Kulasinski ; Robert Guyer ; Dominique Derome ; Jan Carmeliet
• 刊名：Biomacromolecules
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：September 14, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：16
• 期：9
• 页码：2972-2978
• 全文大小：458K
• ISSN：1526-4602

文摘

A two-phase model of a wood microfibril consisting of crystalline cellulose and amorphous hemicellulose is investigated with molecular dynamics in full range of sorption to understand the molecular origin of swelling and weakening of wood. Water is adsorbed in hemicellulose, and an excess of sorption is found at the interface, while no sorption occurs within cellulose. Water molecules adsorbed on the interface push away polymer chains, forcing the two phases to separate and causing breaking of h-bonds, particularly pronounced on the interface. Existence of two different regions in moisture response is demonstrated. At low moisture content, water is uniformly adsorbed within hemicellulose, breaking a small amount of hydrogen bonds. Microfibril does not swell, and the porosity does not change. As moisture content increases, water is adsorbed preferentially at the interface, which leads to additional swelling and porosity increase at the interface. Young鈥檚 and shear moduli decrease importantly due to breaking of h-bonds and screening of the long-range interactions.