Title
Curso Internacional Sobre Física Y Microfísica Atmosférica
Date Issued
2017
Access level
restricted access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Sanchis M.J.
Carsí M.
Culebras M.
Torres F.G.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
Broadband Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy was performed to study the molecular dynamics of dried Bacterial Cellulose/Carboxymethyl Cellulose-Graphene Oxide (BC/CMC-GO) composites as a function of the concentration of CMC in the culture media. At low temperature the dielectric spectra are dominated by a dipolar process labelled as a β-relaxation, whereas electrode polarization and the contribution of dc-conductivity dominate the spectra at high temperatures and low frequency. The CMC concentration affects the morphological structure of cellulose and subsequently alters its physical properties. X-ray diffractometry measurements show that increasing the concentration of CMC promotes a decrease of the Iα/Iβ ratio. This structural change in BC, that involves a variation in inter- and intramolecular interactions (hydrogen-bonding interactions), affects steeply their molecular dynamics. So, an increase of CMC concentration produces a significantly decrease of the β-relaxation strength and an increase of the dc-conductivity. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd
Start page
353
End page
360
Volume
157
Number
20
Language
English
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84990852265
PubMed ID
Source
Carbohydrate Polymers
ISSN of the container
0144-8617
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by the DGCYT [MAT2015-63955-R]; the Vice-Rectorate for Research of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and the National Council of Science, Technology and Technological Innovation of Peru (CONCYTEC/FONDECYT).
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