Origin of chiral interactions in cellulose supra-molecular microfibrils

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• 作者：Mudrika Khandelwal ; ^{mudrika@iith.ac.in" class="auth_mail} ; ^{mudrika26@gmail.com" class="auth_mail} ; Alan Windle ^{ahw1@cam.ac.uk" class="auth_mail}
• 关键词：Cellulose ; Chiral interactions ; Chiral-nematic ; Supramolecule
• 刊名：Carbohydrate Polymers
• 出版年：15 June, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：106
• 期：Complete
• 页码：128-131
• 全文大小：819 K

文摘

The formation of a chiral-nematic phase from cellulose nanowhiskers has been frequently reported in the literature. The most popular theory used to explain the chiral interactions is that of twisted morphology of cellulose nanowhiskers. Two possible origins of twist have been suggested: the intrinsic chirality of cellulose chains and result of interaction of chiral surfaces. High resolution SEM and AFM have been used to locate twists in cellulose microfibrils and nanowhiskers. The origin of the twisted morphology in cellulose microfibrils has been studied with reference to the protein aggregation theory.