Aging of Phosphorylated Cellulose Nanofibers under Moist-Heat Conditions
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Abstract
High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide Understanding the long-term stability of cellulose nanofibers is critical for their practical application in advanced functional materials. In this study, we investigated the aging behavior of phosphorylated cellulose nanofibers (PCNFs) sheets under moist-heat accelerated aging conditions (80 °C, 65% relative humidity (RH)) for up to 42 days. PCNFs with different phosphate group densities were prepared by controlling the phosphorylation time, and their chemical and morphological changes were systematically analyzed. Liquid-sta 31 P NMR revealed a progressive transformation of surface phosphate esters into inorganic phosphate salts during aging. This dephosphorylation was thought to lead to a decrease in the pH within the sheets, which in turn promoted hydrolysis of the cellulose backbone. The resulting degradation manifested as decreases in the degree of polymerization (DP) and fibril length, particularly in PCNFs with higher surface charge. Conversely, the lateral crystallite size of the cellulose increased. These findings provide insights into PCNF aging and highlight the importance of controlling the initial phosphate ester structure and environmental conditions to increase the stability of PCNF-based materials in practical applications.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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