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Magneto-responsive hybrid materials based on cellulose nanocrystals

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We fabricated self-standing films of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and electrospun composite fibers with CNC and polyvinyl alcohol both with magnetic properties arising from cobalt iron oxide nanoparticles in the CNC matrix. Aqueous dispersions of cobalt-iron oxide nanoparticles (10–80 nm diameter) and CNCs (ca. 150 nm length) were used as precursor systems for the films and composite fibers. The properties of the hybrid material were determined by electron and atomic force microscopy, X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetry and magnetometry. The CNC-inorganic system was ferromagnetic, with a saturation magnetization of ca. 20 emu g−1 of the magnetic phase. We demonstrate potential applications of the precursor dispersions, including magnetic fluid hyperthermia and highlight possible uses of the CNC-based magneto-responsive systems in biomedical and magneto-optical components.

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Acknowledgments

Tiina Nypelö acknowledges Emil Aaltonen foundation for funding. Carlos Rodriguez-Abreu is grateful to the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) under COOPERATION program NMP-theme, grant agreement no 314212, for funding. The authors acknowledge the use of the Analytical Instrumentation Facility (AIF) at North Carolina State University (NCSU), which is supported by the State of North Carolina and the National Science Foundation. Charles Mooney (AIF, NCSU) is acknowledged for help in SEM imaging, Roberto Garcia (AIF, NCSU) for the TEM imaging and Yury V. Kolenko (INL, Portugal) for his help in XRD analysis.

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  1. Department of Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 8005, Raleigh, NC, 27695-8005, USA

    Tiina Nypelö & Orlando J. Rojas

  2. INL-International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Av. Mestre José Veiga s/n, 4715-330, Braga, Portugal

    Carlos Rodriguez-Abreu & José Rivas

  3. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7905, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7905, USA

    Michael D. Dickey & Orlando J. Rojas

  4. Department of Forest Products Technology, Aalto University School of Chemical Technology, P.O. Box 16300, 00076, Aalto, Espoo, Finland

    Orlando J. Rojas

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Nypelö, T., Rodriguez-Abreu, C., Rivas, J. et al. Magneto-responsive hybrid materials based on cellulose nanocrystals. Cellulose 21, 2557–2566 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-014-0307-2

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