Issue 6, 2008
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Green Chemistry

Effect of acid catalyst on structural transformation and hydrolysis of cellulose in hydrothermal conditions†

Shigeru Deguchi,*a   Kaoru Tsujiib  and  Koki Horikoshia  

* Corresponding authors

a Extremobiosphere Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Japan
E-mail: shigeru.deguchi@jamstec.go.jp
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Tel: +81-46-867-9679

b Nanotechnology Research Center, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, N21, W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

Abstract

The effect of H2SO4 on the crystalline-to-amorphous transformation and hydrolysis of cellulose in water at high temperatures and high pressures was revealed for the first time by using in situ high-resolution optical microscopy.

Graphical abstract: Effect of acid catalyst on structural transformation and hydrolysis of cellulose in hydrothermal conditions

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B803384F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Feb 2008
Accepted
14 Apr 2008
First published
22 Apr 2008

Green Chem., 2008,10, 623-626

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Effect of acid catalyst on structural transformation and hydrolysis of cellulose in hydrothermal conditions

S. Deguchi, K. Tsujii and K. Horikoshi, Green Chem., 2008, 10, 623 DOI: 10.1039/B803384F

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