In Search of Stronger/Cheaper Chitin Nanofibers through Electrospinning of Chitin–Cellulose Composites Using an Ionic Liquid Platform

Shamshina, Julia L.; Zavgorodnya, Oleksandra; Choudhary, Hemant; Frye, Brandon; Newbury, Nathaniel; Rogers, Robin D.

doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b03269

Title: In Search of Stronger/Cheaper Chitin Nanofibers through Electrospinning of Chitin–Cellulose Composites Using an Ionic Liquid Platform

Journal Article · Wed Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b03269· OSTI ID:1592746

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Mari Signum, Mid-Atlantic, Rockville, MD (United States)
Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)
Anton Paar USA, Inc., Ashland, VA (United States)
Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States); 525 Solutions, Inc., Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)

The ability of the ionic liquid (IL) 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([C2mim][OAc]) to solubilize natural biopolymers (e.g., chitin and cellulose) without any chemical modification has been used to develop a one-pot process to prepare a spinning dope by extracting chitin from shrimp shell, codissolving microcrystalline cellulose (MCC, DP = 270), and electrospinning nanomats from shrimp shell-extract/MCC solutions. The resulting spinning dopes were prepared with optimal viscosity of 380 to 900 cP, and conductivity and surface tension of ~2.8 mS/cm and ~36 dyn/cm, respectively; however, nanofibers could only be prepared when the chitin/MCC ratios in SS-extract/ MCC solution were between 9/1 and 6/4. Compared to nanomats electrospun from shrimp shell-extract solution, 7/3 chitin/MCC composite nanomats demonstrated a 2-fold improvement in hardness and 3-fold improvement in elasticity, although further increases in MCC content resulted in lowering both parameters which nonetheless were higher than the pure chitin nanomats. This one pot process for preparing spinning dopes directly from shrimp shell-extract is a viable method to prepare chitin/MCC composites of improved strength/elasticity at lower costs.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: NE0000672; SC0010152

OSTI ID:: 1592746

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1592750

Journal Information:: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Vol. 6, Issue 11; ISSN 2168-0485

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