Author(s)

Yihong Wang, Xiaoyi Wei, Jihua Li, Qinghuang Wang, Fei Wang, Lingxue Kong

1Agriculture Products Processing Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang, China; College of Food Science and Technology of Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
Agriculture Products Processing Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang, China.
Agriculture Products Processing Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang, China; National Center of Important Tropical Crops Engineering and.
Agriculture Products Processing Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang, China; National Center of Important Tropical Crops Engineering and Technology Research, Haikou, China.
Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Vic, Australia.

Nano-cellulose materials are widely believed to have the potential to push polymer mechanical properties. The cotton cellulose was dissolved in ionic liquid (1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([Bmim]Cl)), and then was isolated by high pressure homogenization in a homogeneous media. The nano-cellulose was obtained at 80MPa for 30 cycles. The geometry and microstructure of the cellulose nano-fibres were observed by SEM and their particle size analysis. FTIR, XRD and TGA were used to characterize changes to chemical functionality. Particular emphasis is given to the physical and chemical characterization of these nano-fibres together with their thermal stability and crystallinity, in order to develop their suitability.

Ionic Liquid; Particle Size; High Pressure Homogenization; Thermal Stability; Crystallinity

Wang, Y. , Wei, X. , Li, J. , Wang, Q. , Wang, F. and Kong, L. (2013) Homogeneous Isolation of Nanocellulose from Cotton Cellulose by High Pressure Homogenization. Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, 1, 49-52. doi: 10.4236/msce.2013.15010.