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Dual Counterion Systems of Carboxylated Nanocellulose Films with Tunable Mechanical, Hydrophilic, and Gas-Barrier Properties Ryuji Kubo, Tsuguyuki Saito, and Akira Isogai Biomacromolecules, Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00057 • Publication Date (Web): 25 Feb 2019 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on February 27, 2019

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Dual Counterion Systems of Carboxylated

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Nanocellulose Films with Tunable Mechanical,

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Hydrophilic, and Gas-Barrier Properties

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Ryuji Kubo, Tsuguyuki Saito, and Akira Isogai*

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Department of Biomaterials Science, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The

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University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan

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ABSTRACT: Aqueous dispersions of C6-carboxylated cellulose nanofibrils with sodium

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counterions (CNF-COONa) and CNFs with tetraethylammonium counterions (CNF-COONEt4)

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were mixed at various weight ratios. Transparent, flexible CNF-COONa/NEt4 films were

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prepared by casting and drying aqueous mixtures with various Na/NEt4 molar ratios as dual

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counterion systems. The film density, Young’s modulus, and tensile strength decreased linearly

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with increasing molar ratio of the bulky NEt4 counterion. The film hydrophilicity was

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controlled by varying the Na/NEt4 molar ratio. The oxygen and water vapor permeabilities also

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increased with increasing molar ratio of bulky NEt4 counterions. The mechanical, hydrophilic,

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and gas-barrier properties were tuned by controlling the Na/NEt4 molar ratios of CNF films

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containing dual counterions. The results of model experiments using tetra(n-butyl)ammonium

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hydroxide indicated that the Na and quaternary alkylammonium counterions were

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homogeneously distributed among the carboxylated CNF elements in both dispersions and

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cast-dried films of the dual counterion systems. 1

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KEYWORDS: Cellulose nanofibril, 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO), Dual

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counterion system, Gas barrier, Ion exchange

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INTRODUCTION

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The preparation and characterization of various nanocelluloses have been extensively studied

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in the past two decades. This is because nanocelluloses are prepared from abundant and

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renewable biomass recourses and have unique functions and properties as bulk nanocellulose

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materials and nanocellulose-containing composites.1‒5 Nanocelluloses are primarily prepared

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from plant celluloses, with or without pretreatment, by mechanical disintegration in water.

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2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO)-mediated oxidation is one of the methods used

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for chemical pretreatment of plant celluloses and it is used to prepare completely

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individualized TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibril (TCNF) dispersions in water.6‒26 TCNFs

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prepared from wood cellulose under appropriate conditions have homogeneous widths of ~3

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nm and high aspect ratios of >100. Sodium carboxylate groups are densely, position-selectively,

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and regularly placed on the crystalline cellulose microfibril surfaces.9,24‒26 TEMPO-oxidized

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cellulose nanocrystals with homogeneous widths of ~3 nm and low aspect ratios of ~50 are

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prepared from wood cellulose by TEMPO-mediated oxidation and subsequent sonication of the

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TEMPO-oxidized cellulose in water for a long period.27,28

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TCNFs have abundant sodium carboxylate groups, i.e., 1‒1.7 mmol/g, on their surfaces, and

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these groups are exchangeable with other metal and alkylammonium counterions under

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aqueous conditions.24‒26 TCNF films with different metal and ammonium counterions show

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various levels of biodegradability in soil embedding tests.29 Protonated TCNF films 2

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(TCNF-COOH) have mechanical and gas-barrier properties that differ from those of

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TCNF-COONa films.30 When alkylammonium counterions are introduced into the carboxylate

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groups of TCNF, the corresponding TCNF-COONH2R and TCNF-COONR4 films become

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hydrophobic, depending on the chemical structure of the alkylammonium group.24‒26

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When fibrous TEMPO-oxidized celluloses with sodium carboxylate groups (TOCs-COONa)

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are soaked in dilute HCl solution and washed with water, fibrous TOCs-COOH are obtained.

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The carboxy groups of TOCs-COOH can be completely and stoichiometrically ion-exchanged

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to tetraalkylammonium carboxylate groups (TOCs-COONR4) in water through neutralization

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with aqueous R4N(OH) solutions.31‒34 The fibrous TOCs-COONR4 can then be converted to

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completely nanodispersed TCNF-COONR4 by mechanical disintegration in water. The

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TCNF-COONR4 films prepared from aqueous TCNF-COONR4/water dispersions by casting

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and drying have unique mechanical, hydrophobic, and oxygen-barrier properties, depending on

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the lengths and structures of the introduced alkyl chains.34

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TCNF-COONa is hydrophilic and nanodispersible in water, whereas TCNFs-COONR4 are

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hydrophobic and nanodispersible not only in water but also in some organic solvents such as

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methanol, N,N-dimethylacetamide, dimethylsulfoxide, and acetone.33 In this study, aqueous

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TCNF dispersions containing sodium and tetraethylammonium (NEt4) counterions with

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various Na/NEt4 molar ratios were prepared as dual counterion systems by mixing aqueous

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TCNF-COONa

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TCNF-COONa/NEt4 films with various Na/NEt4 molar ratios were prepared from these

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mixtures by casting and drying. The mechanical, hydrophilic, and gas-barrier properties of the

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films were investigated in terms of the Na/NEt4 molar ratios. The purpose of this study is to

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propose new methods to achieve tenability of mechanical, hydrophilic, and gas-barrier

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properties of TCNFs using the dual counterion systems. This is because the properties of CNF

and

TCNF-COONEt4

dispersions

at

various

weight

ratios.

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films required for applications or end products vary depending on the intended use.35‒46 The

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distributions of Na and NEt4 counterions in the TCNF elements and the possibility of

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ionexchange between Na and NEt4 ions in aqueous TCNF-COONa/NEt4 dispersions were

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investigated by performing model experiments in which tetra(n-butyl)ammonium ions were

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used instead of NEt4 ions.

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MATERIALS AND METHODS

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Materials. A commercial never-dried softwood bleached kraft pulp (SBKP) was

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demineralized by soaking in a dilute HCl solution at pH 2 and ambient temperature for 2 h and

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subsequently washing with water by filtration. The SBKP was stored in the never-dried state at

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4 °C before use. Aqueous 20% (w/w) tetraethylammonium hydroxide and 10% (w/w)

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tetra(n-butyl)ammonium hydroxide solutions, TEMPO, NaBr, 2 M NaClO solution, NaBH4,

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and other chemicals and solvents were purchased from the Fujifilm Wako Pure Chemical

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Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) and used as received.

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Preparation of Fibrous TEMPO-Oxidized Cellulose. SBKP (3 g based on dry weight) was

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suspended in water (300 mL) and oxidized with TEMPO (0.0456 g, 0.3 mmol), NaBr (0.3 g, 3

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mmol), and 2 M NaClO (15 mL, 30 mmol) at pH 10 and ambient temperature for 4 h.47 NaBH4

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(0.3 g) was added to the same container at pH 10 (to achieve one-pot reduction) for 3 h to

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reduce the small amounts of C6-aldehydes and C2/C3-ketones present in the oxidized cellulose

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to the corresponding alcoholic hydroxy groups.27,48 The TEMPO-oxidized and then

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NaBH4-reduced cellulose was washed with water by filtration. The sodium carboxylate content

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of the fibrous TEMPO-oxidized and NaBH4-reduced cellulose (TOC-COONa) was 1.43

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mmol/g, as determined by conductivity titration.49 This fibrous TOC-COONa was soaked in a 4

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dilute HCl solution at pH 2 and room temperature for 2 h and the washed with water by

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filtration to prepare a fibrous protonated TOC (TOC-COOH).33 The fibrous TOC-COOH was

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suspended in water, and aqueous tetraethylammonium hydroxide was added to the mixture.

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The amount of Et4N(OH) added was equimolar with respect to the protonated carboxy groups

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in TOC-COOH, and TOC-COONEt4 was obtained through neutralization.33

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Preparation

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Aqueous

Dispersions

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TCNFs

Containing

Na

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Tetraethylammonium Counterions. The fibrous TOC-COONa and TOC-COONEt4 were

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separately converted to ~0.1% (w/w) aqueous TCNF-COONa and TCNF-COONEt4

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dispersions,

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double-cylinder-type homogenizer (Physcotron NS-56, Microtec Co., Ltd., Japan) and an

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ultrasonic homogenizer (US-300T, Nihon Seiki, Japan) under previously reported

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conditions.30,33,47 The TCNF-COONa or TCNF-COONEt4 dispersion was centrifuged at 12 000

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 g for 10 min to remove the small amount of unfibrillated fraction (