Tuning the morphology of aerosolised cellulose nanocrystals via controlled aggregation
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| author | Warnes, Daniel Lim, Jia Hui Parker, Richard M. Frka-Petesic, Bruno Freshwater, Ray Honorato-Rios, Camila Ogawa, Yu Giorio, Chiara Vignolini, Silvia |
| author_facet | Warnes, Daniel Lim, Jia Hui Parker, Richard M. Frka-Petesic, Bruno Freshwater, Ray Honorato-Rios, Camila Ogawa, Yu Giorio, Chiara Vignolini, Silvia |
| contents | Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are polycrystalline, rod-shaped nanoparticles isolated from cellulose, which have attracted increasing attention for a wide variety of applications. While there has been significant research into CNCs in suspensions, hydrogels and films, there have been remarkably few studies that investigated their properties during and after aerosolisation. Here, we studied how aerosolisation impacts the size and morphology of different CNCs suspensions with different surface functionalities. By building a new experimental setup, we observed that colloidally-metastable aqueous CNC suspensions, achieved by carboxylation of the surface hydroxy groups or by exposure to high intensity ultrasonication, yield large particulates upon aerosolisation under ambient temperatures. In contrast, aqueous suspensions of unfunctionalised CNCs tend to produce, upon aerosolisation, smaller particulates, despite suffering from poor colloidal stability in liquid suspension. Our results demonstrate that both the aerosolisation process itself and the properties of the CNC suspension play a crucial role in determining the final particle size and morphology of CNC-based particles, highlighting the need to consider colloidal stability and surface functionality when designing CNC-based materials for applications involving aerosol delivery or spray drying. |
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| spellingShingle | Tuning the morphology of aerosolised cellulose nanocrystals via controlled aggregation Warnes, Daniel Lim, Jia Hui Parker, Richard M. Frka-Petesic, Bruno Freshwater, Ray Honorato-Rios, Camila Ogawa, Yu Giorio, Chiara Vignolini, Silvia Soft Condensed Matter Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are polycrystalline, rod-shaped nanoparticles isolated from cellulose, which have attracted increasing attention for a wide variety of applications. While there has been significant research into CNCs in suspensions, hydrogels and films, there have been remarkably few studies that investigated their properties during and after aerosolisation. Here, we studied how aerosolisation impacts the size and morphology of different CNCs suspensions with different surface functionalities. By building a new experimental setup, we observed that colloidally-metastable aqueous CNC suspensions, achieved by carboxylation of the surface hydroxy groups or by exposure to high intensity ultrasonication, yield large particulates upon aerosolisation under ambient temperatures. In contrast, aqueous suspensions of unfunctionalised CNCs tend to produce, upon aerosolisation, smaller particulates, despite suffering from poor colloidal stability in liquid suspension. Our results demonstrate that both the aerosolisation process itself and the properties of the CNC suspension play a crucial role in determining the final particle size and morphology of CNC-based particles, highlighting the need to consider colloidal stability and surface functionality when designing CNC-based materials for applications involving aerosol delivery or spray drying. |
| title | Tuning the morphology of aerosolised cellulose nanocrystals via controlled aggregation |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.10342 |