纤维素在新型绿色溶剂离子液体中的溶解及其应用*

近年来,离子液体作为一种极具应用前景的绿色溶剂受到越来越多的关注。纤维素是自然界中含量最丰富的可再生资源,必将成为未来最重要的工业原料之一。离子液体在纤维素化学领域的应用遵循了绿色化学中开发环境友好溶剂和利用生物可再生资源为原料这两个基本原则,大大拓展了纤维素的工业应用前景,为纤维素资源的绿色应用提供了一个崭新的平台。本文对纤维素在离子液体中溶解的研究进展及其在制备再生纤维素材料、纤维素衍生物及生物乙醇等方面的应用进行了综述。纤维素大分子的降解机理及其控制途径、纤维素晶态结构变化规律及其调控途径、纤维素与固体反应试剂的均相衍生化体系的建立及提高衍生化效率的途径等基础问题仍需要进一步深入研究。     

纤维素在离子液体中的降解转化

随着社会对能源资源的需求越来越大,生物质资源得到了广泛的重视,世界上存储量最大的生物质资源--纤维素在新兴溶剂离子液体中的降解转化受到了越来越多的关注。本文简要介绍了近几年来纤维素在离子液体中的溶解、单糖(果糖、葡萄糖)在离子液体中脱水转化为5-HMF(5-羟甲基糠醛)和纤维素在离子液体中一步降解转化为5-HMF的研究。指出目前研究存在的缺点与不足,并提出了可能的解决方法。     

纤维素的绿色溶解体系

纤维素是一种天然的可再生资源,将其溶解是对其有效利用的关键。本文从溶解机理的角度对环境友好的非反应型纤维素溶剂,包括无机溶剂和有机溶剂体系,进行了重点介绍。无机溶剂体系包括碱/尿素/水体系、碱/硫脲/水体系等,其是在低温下通过尿素或硫脲小分子形成稳定的氢键网络包裹自由的纤维素大分子,使之不能相互结合,从而使碱不断打开纤维素分子间、分子内氢键获得更多的自由纤维素分子,并最终使其溶解。有机溶剂体系包括胺氧化物和离子液体,其是通过电子给予体和电子接受体与纤维素羟基作用实现纤维素的溶解。     

离子液体溶解纤维素的研究

纤维素是一种可生物降解的天然高分子材料,由于纤维素含有大量的分子间和分子内氢键,导致纤维素难溶于水和一般的有机溶剂。现有的溶剂存在稳定性差,具有毒性,难以回收等缺点,对纤维素的加工、利用造成困难,因此,寻找新型绿色溶剂成为纤维素开发的热点和难点。离子液体是一种新型高效绿色溶剂,在一定条件下可以溶解纤维素、角蛋白等生物大分子,离子液体的出现为纤维素的溶解提供了一种环境友好、可生物降解的溶剂体系,具有广阔的应用前景。本文就不同种类离子液体溶解纤维素的溶解度以及影响溶解度几种因素进行了综述,总结了离子液体与纤维素作用机理以及离子液体的回收方法,为纤维素的加工利用提供了理论依据和工业指导。     

离子液体在纤维素研究中的应用

离子液体是一种新型的绿色溶剂,纤维素是一种可再生的生物资源,作为非衍生化纤维素溶剂,离子液体在纤维素研究中呈现出了良好的发展态势。本文综述了纤维素在离子液体溶解、再生、衍生化反应及其在生物酶催化等方面的一些研究成果。     

离子液体中的纤维素溶解、再生及材料制备研究进展

近年来,离子液体作为一类新型的环境友好介质和软功能材料受到了广泛的关注,并被广泛应用于有机合成、催化、电化学、分离分析等领域.其中,离子液体中的纤维素化学是当前离子液体研究的热点领域之一,离子液体的出现也为纤维素化学的进一步发展提供了广阔的空间.离子液体以其低熔点、高稳定性、低蒸汽压、溶解性能可调节等优异的理化性能已被证实为纤维素的有效溶剂,被广泛用于纤维素的溶解、再生及应用研究.综述了离子液体中纤维素的溶解行为,包括纤维素溶解度的影响因素、纤维素在离子液体中的溶解过程、纤维素的溶解及再生机理等,以及离子液体中基于纤维素的新型材料制备研究进展,并对离子液体中纤维素研究存在的问题和未来的发展方向进行了总结和展望.     

离子液体1-乙基-3-甲基咪唑醋酸盐的制备及用于纤维素溶解纺丝的研究进展

离子液体1-乙基-3-甲基咪唑醋酸盐（[EMIM3Ac）可以溶解天然高分子等许多聚合物,尤其对于纤维素具有较强的溶解能力,且溶解过程基本不造成纤维素降解,故可以作为纤维素的有效溶剂,用于纤维素的溶解加工。与其它溶剂相比,[EMIM]Ac具有使用安全、不污染环境、易回收循环利用等优势,故在纤维素溶解、纺丝方面具有广阔的应...     

可持续高分子-纤维素新材料研究进展

21世纪"绿色"化学已成为世界各国社会经济发展中的研究与开发战略方向.纤维素是自然界中储量最丰富的天然高分子,是重要的可再生资源以及未来的主要工业原料.然而由于纤维素存在着大量的分子内以及分子间氢键,其结构致密,难以溶解或熔融进一步加工.本文简要介绍了近几年来关于直接使用物理溶剂方法(非衍生化)对纤维素材料开发利用的新进展,主要包括以下4个方面:(1)纤维素在"绿色"溶剂-碱/尿素以及离子液体体系中的溶解和再生;(2)纳米纤维素的制备以及组装;(3)木材纳米技术的开发及利用;(4)细菌纤维素基材料等,旨在推进"绿色"技术实现纤维素资源的研究开发及利用.     

室温离子液体溶解和分离木质纤维素*

作为世界上最丰富的生物质资源,木质纤维素是生产清洁能源和精细化工品的天然原料。室温离子液体是近年来出现的一类绿色材料,对溶解和分离木质纤维素具有广阔的应用前景。本文在介绍木质素、纤维素、半纤维素和相关室温离子液体的组成与结构的基础上,综述了室温离子液体在溶解、分离木质纤维素方面的研究进展。根据目前所报道的研究结果,总结了不同离子液体对木质素、纤维素、半纤维素的溶解作用以及对木质纤维素的分离性能,分析了离子液体的结构与其溶解性能的关系,讨论了可能的溶解机理。最后提出了这一领域存在的问题,并对其未来的发展作了展望。     

细菌纤维素在室温离子液体中的溶解性能

研究了细菌纤维素(BC)在绿色溶剂1-烯丙基-3-甲基氯代咪唑室温离子液体中的溶解行为,通过偏光显微镜观察了BC在此离子液体中的溶解过程,热失重(TGA)和红外光谱(FT-IR)测试了再生前后BC的性能,探索了BC在离子液体中溶解、再生的可能性和可行性.结果表明:离子液体是BC的优良溶剂,对BC的溶解属于直接溶解,不发生其他的衍生化反应;再生后BC的热稳定性变好,且离子液体可回收利用.     

Preparation of cellulose and cellulose derivative azo compounds

Wood pulp and cotton linter are the most common sources of cellulose forindustrial use. Methyl cellulose (MC) and cellulose sulfate (CS) were preparedusing bleached wood pulp and cotton linter. Coloured azo compounds were alsoprepared from coupling cellulose, wood pulp, MC and CS with aromatic diazoniumsalt. The presence of electron-releasing or withdrawing substituents affectedthe electrophilic substitution reaction. The produced azo compounds werecharacterized by FT-IR methodology, as well as mass spectrometry, in which thefunctional groups and the ion fragments of the products were analyzed.     

Unconventional cellulose products by fluorination of tosyl cellulose

The synthesis of novel deoxy-fluoro cellulose derivatives obtained by nucleophilic displacement reactions (SN) of p-toluenesulfonyl (tosyl) cellulose with tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF) is described. Detailed studies concerning the influence of the reaction time and temperature as well as the water content of the TBAF on the composition of the products were carried out. The SN reaction occurs even at room temperature. The degree of substitution of deoxy-fluoro moieties (DSF) is in the range from 0.22 to 0.47. The polymers contain remaining tosyl groups. Preliminary 19F NMR measurements reveal the presence of the CH2F group. The degradation temperature of the deoxy-fluoro cellulose derivatives is increased compared to the starting tosyl cellulose, however, a distinct influence of the remaining tosyl groups appears.     

Superhydrophobic foam-like cellulose made of hydrophobized cellulose fibres

Wood (kraft) pulp was first dried into a low-density foam-like material by solvent-exchange with anhydrous ethanol. X-Ray tomography showed that, while pulp fibres are flat and resemble ribbons when dried from water, those dried from ethanol are quasi-tubular, inferring that capillary forces derived from a low surface tension solvent are not strong enough to promote fibre lumen collapse, contrary to what happens in water. When the resulting foam-like pulp was then subjected to a vapour phase reaction with trichloromethylsilane (TCMS) a silicon based polymeric coating was created on the surface of the fibres, and the totality of the hydroxyl groups (–OH) on the external surface of cellulose fibres and the internal surface of micropores in the fibre wall became silylated, whereas the surface of the nanopores was inaccessible to TCMS. The novelty lies in the ability to modify both the external surface and the internal micropore structure of cellulose fibres from 50 to 100 % silane coverage, which results in a novel superhydrophobic material, with a contact angle of approximately 150°. This is the first time cellulose is hydrophobized both internally and externally. We refer to the resulting foam as Cellufoam.     

Effect of cellulose crystallinity on bacterial cellulose assembly

Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a promising biomaterial as well as a model system useful for investigating cellulose biosynthesis. BC produced under static cultivation condition is a hydrous pellicle consisting of an interconnected network of fibrils assembled in numerous dense layers. The mechanisms responsible for this layered BC assembly remain unknown. This study used calcofluor as a fluorescent marker to examine BC layer formation at the air/liquid interface. Layers are found to move downward into the media after formation while new layers continue to form at the air/liquid interface. Calcoflour is also known to reduce the crystallinity of cellulose, changing the mechanical properties of the formed BC microfibrils. Consecutive addition and accumulation of calcofluor in the culture medium is found to disrupt the layered assembly of BC. BC crystalllinity decreased by 22 % in the presence of 12 % calcofluor (v/v) in the medium as compared to BC produced without calcofluor. This result suggests that cellulose crystallinity and the mechanical properties which crystallinity provides to cellulose are major factors influencing the layered BC structure formed during biosynthesis.     

Facile transformation of hydrophilic cellulose into superhydrophobic cellulose

Superhydrophobic cellulose-based materials coupled with transparent, stable and nanoscale polymethylsiloxane coating have been successfully achieved by a simple process via chemical vapor deposition, followed by hydrolyzation and polymerization.     

Ultrafine fibrous cellulose membranes from electrospinning of cellulose acetate

Three solvents, that is, acetone, acetic acid, and dimethylacetamide (DMAc), with a range of solubility parameter δ, surface tension γ, viscosity η and boiling temperature were used to generate mixtures for electrospinning cellulose acetate (CA) (degree of substitution, DS = 2.45). Although none of these solvents alone enables continuous formation of fibers, mixing DMAc with either acetone or acetic acid produced suitable solvent systems. The 2:1 acetone:DMAc mixture is the most versatile mixture because it allows CA in the 12.5–20% concentration range to be continuously electrospun into fibrous membranes. These CA solutions have η between 1.2 and 10.2 poise and γ around 26 dyne/cm and produce smooth fibers with diameters from 100 nm to ～1 μm. Fiber sizes generally decrease with decreasing CA concentrations. The nature of the collectors affects the morphology as well as packing of fibers. Fibers collected on paper have more uniform sizes, smooth surfaces, and fewer defects, whereas fibers collected on water are more varied in size. Electrically conductive solid collectors, such as Al foil and water, favor more tightly packed and less porous membranes. Porous collectors, like paper and copper mesh, produce highly porous membranes. The pores in membranes collected on the Al foil and paper are much better interconnected in the planar directions than those in membranes collected on water. There is evidence that electrospinning induces order in the fibers. Deacetylation of CA membranes is more efficient and complete in NaOH/ethanol than in aqueous NaOH, producing DS values between 0.15 and 2.33 without altering fiber surfaces, packing, or organization. The fully regenerated cellulose membranes are similarly hydrophilic as commodity cellulose fibrous matrices but absorb nearly 10 times as much water. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 40: 2119–2129, 2002     

Synthesis and characterization of hydroxypropyl cellulose from bacterial cellulose

Bacterial cellulose produced by Acetobacter xylinum has been reacted with propyleneoxide to synthesize hydroxypropyl cellulose(HPC) under different reaction conditions while diluted by toluene. The effects of mass ratio of bacterial cellulose to propyleneoxide, dilutability of toluene, reaction temperature(T) and time(t) were investigated by series of experiments. The degree of substitution(DS), hydroxypropyl content(A) and yield(η) were compared. The optimized product exhibited cold-water solubility and hot-water gelatinization in aqueous medium. Further study was carried out with FTIR, TGA, XRD, SEM and 13C-NMR for characterization. The water/air contact angle measurement reveals that it is a good hydrophobic material with good mechanical properties.     

Syntheses and characterizations of allyl cellulose and glycidyl cellulose

Allyl cellulose was synthesized by reacting cellulose with allyl bromide in homogeneous LiCl/DMAc solution containing NaOH powder. The degree of substitution (DS) per anhydroglucose (AHG) unit was determined by titrating the allyl cellulose with bromine in chloroform solution, and an allyl DS of 2.80 was found. Glycidyl cellulose was then prepared by reacting this allyl cellulose with peracetic acid in methylene chloride at ambient temperature for 6 days. The measured reaction rate constant was 1.33 × 10^?3 min^?1. The glycidyl cellulose thus obtained with a glycidyl DS of 2.58 was determined by titrating the product with perchloric acid in conjunction with tetrabutylammonium iodide. The 2.58 of glycidyl DS was also confirmed by ¹H-NMR integration. Both allyl cellulose and glycidyl cellulose were analyzed and characterized with FTIR, ¹H-NMR, ¹³C-NMR, TGA, and GPC. During epoxidation of allyl cellulose, possible side reaction leading to ester formation was evidenced from the continuous increase of v_{C? O} at 1735 cm^?1 in FTIR analyses. In addition, a bimodal distribution and a decreased molecular weight for glycidyl cellulose were found from GPC data, which might suggest a possible chain scission at the cellulosic ether linkage. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.