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Idström A, Schantz S, Sundberg J, Chmelka BF, Gatenholm P, Nordstierna L
Carbohydr Polym 151 (-) 480-487 [2016-10-20; online 2016-05-31]
From the assignment of the solid-state (13)C NMR signals in the C4 region, distinct types of crystalline cellulose, cellulose at crystalline surfaces, and disordered cellulose can be identified and quantified. For regenerated cellulose, complete (13)C assignments of the other carbon regions have not previously been attainable, due to signal overlap. In this study, two-dimensional (2D) NMR correlation methods were used to resolve and assign (13)C signals for all carbon atoms in regenerated cellulose. (13)C-enriched bacterial nanocellulose was biosynthesized, dissolved, and coagulated as highly crystalline cellulose II. Specifically, four distinct (13)C signals were observed corresponding to conformationally different anhydroglucose units: two signals assigned to crystalline moieties and two signals assigned to non-crystalline species. The C1, C4 and C6 regions for cellulose II were fully examined by global spectral deconvolution, which yielded qualitative trends of the relative populations of the different cellulose moieties, as a function of wetting and drying treatments.
Swedish NMR Centre (SNC) [Service]
PubMed 27474592
DOI 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.05.107
Crossref 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.05.107
pii: S0144-8617(16)30651-8