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The objective of this work is to determine the surface concentration of the hydroxyl groups of cellulose and PVA films utilizing their chemical modification. We chose these polymers mainly because the hydroxyl group is their sole functional group. Recently we have reported that a cellulose film is more excellent in wettability towards water than PVA, though cellulose is insoluble in water, in contrast to PVA(4). Since only the chemical composition of the surface must be responsible for water... 

Shellac is the oldest known material that has been used as enteric coating material. However, as a natural material, it lacks a crucial quality criterion of more modern polymers (i.e., batch-to-batch reproducibility). Hence, the most commonly used polymers today are the synthetic methacrylate copolymers or semisynthetic derivatives of cellulose. The main structural element of these polymers is an acidic function (either phthalate or methacrylic acid), which is responsible for the pH-dependent dissolution. 

Membranes and composites from cellulose and cellulose esters are important domains in the development and application of these polymer materials. The most important segment by volume in the chemical processing of cellulose contains regenerated cellulose fibers, films, and membranes, hi the case of the cellulose esters mainly cellulose nitrate and cellulose acetate as well as novel high-performance materials created therefrom are widely used as laminates, composites, optical/photographic films and membranes, or other separation media, as reviewed in [1], The previously specified nanocelluloses from bacteria and wood tie in with these important potentials and open novel fields of application. 

As is well established, polymer/polymer blending is an important method to improve the original physical properties of one or both of the components, or to obtain new polymeric materials showing widely variable properties without parallel in homopolymers. There have been numerous blend studies for various polymer pairs from both the fundamental and practical viewpoints. A few reviews [7,42] have described a general scheme for preparation and characterization of the blends and micro composites of unmodified cellulose with synthetic polymers, mainly based on works performed until 1994. The present review will cover the articles published on this topic since the mid 1990s, with extensions to related works on cellulose derivatives and other natural polysaccharides. 

Microwave-assisted synthetic methodologies can also be divided into two main categories (a) methodologies in which the reactant(s) or reagent(s) are previously covalently linked to a solnble (e.g., polyethylene glycol) or nonsoluble (e.g., Wang resin, Merrifield resin, Tenta Gel, and cellulose) polymer support, and (b) parallel, simnltaneous or sequential synthesis without use of a polymer support. 

The cellulosic polymers (12) form a type of main chain liquid crystalline polymers of special Interest for the following reasons ... 

Cellulose, the main component of the conduit fibers, is a polymer of /S-D-glucose (Fig. 15.2). The initial step in its formation is the photosynthetic reaction, which produces glucose from water and carbon dioxide (Eq. 15.1). 

Cellulolytic enzymes are classified into three main groups cellobiohydrolases, endoglucanases, and P-glucosidases. According to the prevailing hypothesis, cellobiohydrolases (CBHs) attack the chain ends of cellulose polymers to re-... 

Cellulose, (Figure 3.1), is the most abundant natural polymer and consists of P-(l->4)-D-glucose linkages that are majorly found in plant cell walls. Properties of cellulose depend mainly on its source and degree of polymerization. Chitin (N-acetylglucosamine), (Figure 3.2), the second most abundant... 

Musman DW. Properties of polymeric cellulose ethers, mainly sodium-carboxy methyl cellulose and its applicational effects in personal care. Gums, Polymers, Thickeners and Resins Symp. New York Society of Cosmetic Scientists, 1986 1-17. 

Other examples of adsorbents are alumina (acidic, neutral, and basic), magnesium oxide, magnesium silicate (Florisil), cellulose (polymer of o-glucopyranose units), and polyamide (polymer of [NH—(CH2)e—NH—CO—(CH2) —C] ). These adsorbents are, as with silica, mainly used for normal-phase TLC, while the use of cellulose is better described by a partitioning mechanism. 

The main building blocks are D-glucose, D-mannose, D-galactose, D-xylose and L-arabinose, and L-rhamnose as well as L-fucose as deoxyhexoses and 4-O-methyl-D-glucoronic acid, D-galacturonic acid and D-glucuronic acid complete the diverse monomer fraction. Up to a maximum of 200 monomer-units—in form of pyranose structures in both a- and (3-form—are linked to form, in comparison to mechanically and chemically less stable cellulose polymers. 

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