Cellulose Graft Copolymers: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

In Situ Semibatch Emulsion Polymerization of 2‐Ethyl Hexyl Acrylate/n‐Butyl Acrylate/Methyl Methacrylate/Cellulose Nanocrystal Nanocomposites for Adhesive Applications

“…One would expect a certain degree of polymer grafting from CNC via hydrogen abstraction from the hydroxyl groups when the initiator is present . Higher amounts of grafting have been reported when KPS was used as the initiator . Once abstracted, a radical forms on the CNC and can act as the reactive center in the polymerization.…”

Synthesis, characterization and electrospinning of corn cob cellulose-graft-polyacrylonitrile and their clay nanocomposites

“…When ceric ion and cellulose reacted a chelate-complex forms among cerium and oxygen atoms of cellulose; then this complex decomposes creating a radical on either carbon or oxygen atoms as proposed in Scheme 1 (Gürdağ & Sarmad, 2013;Pottenger & Johnson, 1970). The radical may further react with ceric ions to give oxidation products and cerous ion or it can start polymerization in case vinyl monomers present in vicinity.…”

“…Polysaccharides can also be employed as reducing agent for graft copolymerization using ceric ions (Galioğlu, Soydan, Akar, & Saraç, 1994;Mishra, Clark, Vij, & Daswal, 2008;Ünlü, Günister, & Atıcı, 2012;Gürdağ & Sarmad, 2013;Rana, Singha, Thakur, & Thakur, 2015).…”

Chemical Modification of Cellulose Isolated from Underutilized Hibiscus sabdariffa via Surface Grafting: A Potential Bio-based Resource for Industrial Application

“…As a semicrystalline polymer, with both crystalline and amorphous phases, that contains two types of hydrophilic hydroxyl groups [which are primary hydroxyl in methylol group (−CH 2 OH) at C-6 and secondary hydroxyl groups (−OH) at C-3 and C-4], 11 it can be modified chemically. Grafting is a method which can be used to modify the surface of cellulose.…”