材料科学
纤维素
气凝胶
细菌纤维素
纳米纤维
接触角
吸附
化学工程
多孔性
吸水率
复合材料
有机化学
化学
工程类
作者
Huazheng Sai,Rui Fu,Xing Li,Jinjuan Xiang,Zhenyou Li,Fēi Li,Ting Zhang
标识
DOI:10.1021/acsami.5b00846
摘要
The cellulose nanofibers of bacterial cellulose aerogel (BCA) are modified only on their surfaces using a trimethylsilylation reaction with trimethyichlorosilane in liquid phase followed by freeze-drying. The obtained hydrophobic bacterial cellulose aerogels (HBCAs) exhibit low density (≤6.77 mg/cm(3)), high surface area (≥169.1 m(2)/g), and high porosity (≈ 99.6%), which are nearly the same as those of BCA owing to the low degrees of substitution (≤0.132). Because the surface energy of cellulose nanofibers decreased and the three-dimensional web-like microstructure, which was comprised of ultrathin (20-80 nm) cellulose nanofibers, is maintained during the trimethylsilylation process, the HBCAs have hydrophobic and oleophilic properties (water/air contact angle as high as 146.5°) that endow them with excellent selectivity for oil adsorption from water. The HBCAs are able to collect a wide range of organic solvents and oils with absorption capacities up to 185 g/g, which depends on the density of the liquids. Hence, the HBCAs are wonderful candidates for oil absorbents to clean oil spills in the marine environment. This work provides a different way to multifunctionalize cellulose aerogel blocks in addition to chemical vapor deposition method.
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