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@ARTICLE{VanRie:862605,
author = {Van Rie, Jonas and Schütz, Christina and Gençer, Alican
and Lombardo, Salvatore and Gasser, Urs and Kumar, Sugam and
Salazar-Alvarez, Germán and Kang, Kyongok and Thielemans,
Wim},
title = {{A}nisotropic {D}iffusion and {P}hase {B}ehavior of
{C}ellulose {N}anocrystal {S}uspensions},
journal = {Langmuir},
volume = {35},
number = {6},
issn = {1520-5827},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {ACS Publ.},
reportid = {FZJ-2019-02874},
pages = {2289 - 2302},
year = {2019},
abstract = {In this paper, we use dynamic light scattering in polarized
and depolarized modes to determine the translational and
rotational diffusion coefficients of concentrated rodlike
cellulose nanocrystals in aqueous suspension. Within the
range of studied concentrations (1–5 wt $\%),$ the
suspension starts a phase transition from an isotropic to an
anisotropic state as shown by polarized light microscopy and
viscosity measurements. Small-angle neutron scattering
measurements also confirmed the start of cellulose
nanocrystal alignment and a decreasing distance between the
cellulose nanocrystals with increasing concentration. As
expected, rotational and translational diffusion
coefficients generally decreased with increasing
concentration. However, the translational parallel diffusion
coefficient was found to show a local maximum at the onset
of the isotropic-to-nematic phase transition. This is
attributed to the increased available space for rods to move
along their longitudinal axis upon alignment. This increased
parallel diffusion coefficient thus confirms the general
idea that rodlike particles gain translational entropy upon
alignment while paying the price for losing rotational
degrees of freedom. Once the concentration increases
further, diffusion becomes more hindered even in the aligned
regions due to a reduction in the rod separation distance.
This leads once again to a decrease in translational
diffusion coefficients. Furthermore, the relaxation rate for
fast mode translational diffusion (parallel to the long
particle axis) exhibited two regimes of relaxation behavior
at concentrations where significant alignment of the rods is
measured. We attribute this unusual dispersive behavior to
two length scales: one linked to the particle length (at
large wavevector q) and the other to a twist fluctuation
correlation length (at low wavevector q) along the cellulose
nanocrystal rods that is of a larger length when compared to
the actual length of rods and could be linked to the size of
aligned domains.},
cin = {ICS-3},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)ICS-3-20110106},
pnm = {551 - Functional Macromolecules and Complexes (POF3-551)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-551},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:30672300},
UT = {WOS:000458937400033},
doi = {10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03792},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/862605},
}