Comparative study of aramid nanofiber (ANF) and cellulose nanofiber (CNF)

Bin Yang; Meiyun Zhang; Zhaoqing Lu; Jiaojun Tan; JingJing Luo; Shunxi Song; Xueyao Ding; Lin Wang; Peng Lu; Qiuyu Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.12.086

Comparative study of aramid nanofiber (ANF) and cellulose nanofiber (CNF)

Carbohydr Polym. 2019 Mar 15:208:372-381. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.12.086. Epub 2018 Dec 27.

Authors

Bin Yang¹, Meiyun Zhang², Zhaoqing Lu², Jiaojun Tan², JingJing Luo², Shunxi Song², Xueyao Ding², Lin Wang², Peng Lu³, Qiuyu Zhang⁴

Affiliations

¹ College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Light Chemistry Engineering Education, Shaanxi Provincal Key Laboratory of Papermaking Technology and Specialty Paper Development, Key Laboratory of paper Based Functional Materials of China National Light Industry, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, No. 6, Xuefu Road, Xi'an, 710021, China; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China; School of Science, Key Laboratory of Space Applied Physics and Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Northwestern Polytechnical University, No. 127, West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China. Electronic address: lxyangbin@126.com.
² College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Light Chemistry Engineering Education, Shaanxi Provincal Key Laboratory of Papermaking Technology and Specialty Paper Development, Key Laboratory of paper Based Functional Materials of China National Light Industry, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, No. 6, Xuefu Road, Xi'an, 710021, China.
³ Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China.
⁴ School of Science, Key Laboratory of Space Applied Physics and Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Northwestern Polytechnical University, No. 127, West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China.

PMID: 30658813
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.12.086

Abstract

Cellulose nanofiber (CNF) has faced challenges toward advanced applications due to the poor water resistance, wet strength, and poor thermal stability. The fabrication methods, morphologies and dispersibility between CNF and aramid nanofiber (ANF) were compared. Then the mechanical strength, especially the retention of wet strength (RWS), optical property, UV shielding, wettability and thermal stability of CNF and ANF nanopapers were further investigated. The results show that ANF and ANF nanopaper have significant advantages in dispersibility, water resistance, wet strength, thermal stability and UV-blocking ability over the CNF and CNF nanopaper. Especially the RWS of ANF nanopaper reached ˜82.5%, which notably exceeded the CNF nanopaper of 1.1%. This work demonstrates that the ANF could be an ideal alternative to CNF for advanced nanocomposites. Transparent, flexible, ultra-strong ANF nanopaper with favorable water resistance and wet strength, as well as good UV-blocking property shows great potential in variety of advanced applications.

Keywords: Aramid nanofiber (ANF); Cellulose nanofiber (CNF); Nanopaper; UV-blocking; Wet strength.