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Combined SANS, WANS and weighing studies of microbial cellulose; Elucidation of hierarchical structures in drying process

Zhao, Y.; Koizumi, Satoshi; Hashimoto, Takeji; Tomita, Yoko*; Kondo, Tetsuo*

In this work, we studied the structural change of the microbial cellulose in the drying process by means of combined time-resolved measurements of small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), wide-angle neutron scattering (WANS), and weighing. The observation was performed in two different length scales on the same sample, which enabled us to explore simultaneously the time changes in the microscopic structure (the concentration fluctuations of the cellulose fibrils and air voids generated upon drying), and the mesoscopic structure (the size and total weight of the sample, the water concentration or hydrogen density in the scattering volume). We found the drying process is divided into three time regions. In Region I, 3-dimensional shrinkage occurs and the weight loss is fast. While in Region II, only 1-demensional shrinkage is observed, hence the weight loss slows down. In Region III, all changes stop, indicating the drying process is over.

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