Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol.228, No.2, 279-286, 2000
Substituent distribution in cellulose acetates: Its control and the effect on structure formation in solution
Architecture-regulated cellulose derivatives were prepared by regioselective substitution of C-2, -3, and -6 position hydroxyls in cellulose by O-acetyls or trityls. Their dynamic structures formed in polar solvents were compared with those by the commercial cellulose acetates where the distribution of hydroxyls and O-acetyls was nearly random in the chain. Tt was found that the difference in the chain architecture induces a large difference in the chain conformation, the solubility, and the clustering mechanism and structures; i.e., they changed with solvent quality, concentration, temperature, strength of external field, and so on.
Keywords:cellulose acetates;clustering;dynamic structures;hydrogen bonds;hydrophobic interaction;shear fields