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- Title
Cellulose with a High Fractal Dimension Is Easily Hydrolysable under Acid Catalysis.
- Authors
Díaz, Mariana; Hernández, Magali; Ibarra, Ilich A.; Guzmán, Ariel; Lara, Victor; Lima, Enrique
- Abstract
The adsorption of three diverse amino acids couples onto the surface of microcrystalline cellulose was studied. Characterisation of modified celluloses included changes in the polarity and in roughness. The amino acids partially break down the hydrogen bonding network of the cellulose structure, leading to more reactive cellulose residues that were easily hydrolysed to glucose in the presence of hydrochloric acid or tungstophosphoric acid catalysts. The conversion of cellulose and selectivity for glucose was highly dependent on the self-assembled amino acids adsorbed onto the cellulose and the catalyst.
- Subjects
CELLULOSE; ACID catalysts; FRACTAL dimensions
- Publication
Catalysts (2073-4344), 2017, Vol 7, Issue 5, p162
- ISSN
2073-4344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/catal7050162