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Title: Vibrational Spectral Signatures of Crystalline Cellulose Using High Resolution Broadband Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy (HR-BB-SFG-VS)

Abstract

Here we reported the first sub-wavenumber high-resolution broadband sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (HR-BB-SFG-VS) study on both the C-H and O-H region spectra of crystalline cellulose. HR-BB-SFG-VS has about 10 times better resolution than the conventional scanning SFG-VS and is known to be able to measure the intrinsic spectral lineshape and to resolve much more spectral details. With HR-BB-SFG-VS, we found that in cellulose from different sources, including Avicel and cellulose crystals isolated from algae Valonia (Iα) and tunicates (Iβ), the spectral signatures in the OH regions were unique for different allomorphs, i.e. Iα and Iβ, while the spectral signatures in the C-H regions varied in all samples examined. Even though the origin of the different behaviors of the crystalline cellulose in the O-H and C-H vibrational frequency regions is yet to be correlated to the structure of cellulose, these results provided new spectroscopic methods and opportunities to classify and understand the basic crystalline structure, as well as variations, in polymorphism of the crystalline cellulose structure.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1182941
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-105805
47913; 47760; 46208; KP1704020
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Cellulose, 22(3):1469-1484
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Cellulose, 22(3):1469-1484
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
Vibrational; spectral; signatures; crystalline; cellulose; high resolution; broadband; vibrational; spectroscopy; Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Citation Formats

Zhang, Libing, Lu, Zhou, Velarde Ruiz Esparza, Luis A., Fu, Li, Pu, Yunqiao, Ding, Shi-You, Ragauskas, Art J., Wang, Hongfei, and Yang, Bin. Vibrational Spectral Signatures of Crystalline Cellulose Using High Resolution Broadband Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy (HR-BB-SFG-VS). United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1007/s10570-015-0588-0.
Zhang, Libing, Lu, Zhou, Velarde Ruiz Esparza, Luis A., Fu, Li, Pu, Yunqiao, Ding, Shi-You, Ragauskas, Art J., Wang, Hongfei, & Yang, Bin. Vibrational Spectral Signatures of Crystalline Cellulose Using High Resolution Broadband Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy (HR-BB-SFG-VS). United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-015-0588-0
Zhang, Libing, Lu, Zhou, Velarde Ruiz Esparza, Luis A., Fu, Li, Pu, Yunqiao, Ding, Shi-You, Ragauskas, Art J., Wang, Hongfei, and Yang, Bin. 2015. "Vibrational Spectral Signatures of Crystalline Cellulose Using High Resolution Broadband Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy (HR-BB-SFG-VS)". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-015-0588-0.
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title = {Vibrational Spectral Signatures of Crystalline Cellulose Using High Resolution Broadband Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy (HR-BB-SFG-VS)},
author = {Zhang, Libing and Lu, Zhou and Velarde Ruiz Esparza, Luis A. and Fu, Li and Pu, Yunqiao and Ding, Shi-You and Ragauskas, Art J. and Wang, Hongfei and Yang, Bin},
abstractNote = {Here we reported the first sub-wavenumber high-resolution broadband sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (HR-BB-SFG-VS) study on both the C-H and O-H region spectra of crystalline cellulose. HR-BB-SFG-VS has about 10 times better resolution than the conventional scanning SFG-VS and is known to be able to measure the intrinsic spectral lineshape and to resolve much more spectral details. With HR-BB-SFG-VS, we found that in cellulose from different sources, including Avicel and cellulose crystals isolated from algae Valonia (Iα) and tunicates (Iβ), the spectral signatures in the OH regions were unique for different allomorphs, i.e. Iα and Iβ, while the spectral signatures in the C-H regions varied in all samples examined. Even though the origin of the different behaviors of the crystalline cellulose in the O-H and C-H vibrational frequency regions is yet to be correlated to the structure of cellulose, these results provided new spectroscopic methods and opportunities to classify and understand the basic crystalline structure, as well as variations, in polymorphism of the crystalline cellulose structure.},
doi = {10.1007/s10570-015-0588-0},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1182941}, journal = {Cellulose, 22(3):1469-1484},
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volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2015}
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