Current Progress in Rheology of Cellulose Nanofibril Suspensions
Review article, 2016

Cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) are produced and commonly used in the form of aqueous suspensions or gels. A number of studies have focused lately on rheological properties of CNF suspensions, which gives insight into properties of such materials and can reflect their behavior during handling. This Review summarizes the recent progress in rheological studies on CNF aqueous suspensions using rotational rheometry. Here, we discuss linear viscoelastic properties, i.e., frequency-dependent storage and loss moduli; shear flow behavior, i.e., apparent viscosity and shear stress as a function of shear rate; local flow characteristics, etc. In this Review, we point out that the rheological behavior of at least two types of CNF suspensions should be distinguished: (i) ones produced using mechanical fibrillation with or without enzymatic pretreatment (no surface chemical modification), which possess highly flocculated structure, and (ii) ones produced involving chemical modification pretreatments, e.g., carboxylation, carboxymethylation, quaternization, or sulfonation, which possess better colloidal stability and do not evidently flocculate.

water suspensions

morphological

properties

cellulose

flow properties

Polymer Science

complex fluids

viscoelastic properties

native

barrier

optical coherence tomography

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Chemistry

microfibrillated cellulose

films

wall depletion

Author

Oleksandr Nechyporchuk

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Applied Chemistry

M. N. Belgacem

Grenoble Alpes University

F. Pignon

Grenoble Alpes University

Biomacromolecules

1525-7797 (ISSN) 1526-4602 (eISSN)

Vol. 17 7 2311-2320

Subject Categories

Polymer Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

DOI

10.1021/acs.biomac.6b00668

PubMed

27310523

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