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A waterproof cellulose nanofibril sheet prepared by the deposition of an alkyl ketene dimer on a controlled porous structure
Summary
Researchers created a waterproof cellulose nanofibril sheet by impregnating its porous structure with alkyl ketene dimer wax, achieving superhydrophobicity and water vapor barrier performance comparable to LLDPE plastic film — offering a potential bio-based alternative to synthetic polymer packaging.
This study prepared a waterproof cellulose nanofibril (CNF) sheet via the deposition of an alkyl ketene dimer (AKD) on the sheet's controlled porous structure. The porosity of the CNF sheet was controlled by drying under different conditions, which included hot-press drying (HD) and solvent-exchange drying (SD), and the effect on the hydrophobization and water-related barrier performance of the sheet were investigated. When the SD sheet was immersed in an AKD wax solution, the sheet exhibited super-hydrophobicity and a lower water vapor transmission rate, compared with the HD sheet. This indicated that the porous structure of the SD sheet enabled AKD to be adsorbed on both the surface and the inner surface and it filled in the pores of the sheet, thereby giving rise to excellent waterproofing properties. The performance of a hydrophobized SD sheet as a water barrier material was comparable to a linear low-density polyethylene film. This study confirms the possibility for AKD wax to be immersed in a porous CNF sheet and used as a potential barrier material in hydrogel packaging.
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