Cellulose solvents : for analysis, shaping and chemical modification

CONTENTS APPROACHES FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF CELLULOSE 1. Cellulose Solvents - Remarkable History, Bright Future TIM LIEBERT 2. Design of Polar Ionic Liquids To Solubilize Cellulose without Heating YUKINOBU FUKAYA, KENSAKU HAYASHI, SEUNG SEOB KIM AND HIROYUKI OHNO 3. Advances in Aqueous Cellulose Solvents ANG LUE AND LINA ZHANG 4. Molten Inorganic Salts as Reaction Medium for Cellulose S. FISCHER AND K. THUMMLER 5. Dimethyl Sulfoxide and Ammonium Fluorides - Novel Cellulose Solvents THOMAS HEINZE AND SARAH KOHLER INTERACTION OF SOLVENTS WITH CELLULOSE 6. Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Properties of Ionic Liquids and Their Effect on Cellulose Solubility M. SELLIN, B. ONDRUSCHKA AND A. STARK 7. On the Specific Behaviour of Native Cellulose Fibers upon Dissolution N. LE MOIGNE AND P. NAVARD 8. Side Reactions in the System Cellulose/1-Alkyl-3-methyl-imidazolium Ionic Liquid MICHAEL SCHREMS, GERALD EBNER, FALK LIEBNER, ERNST BECKER, ANTJE POTTHAST AND THOMAS ROSENAU 9. Cellulose Solubility: Dissolution and Analysis of "Problematic" Cellulose Pulps in the Solvent System DMAc/LiCl UTE HENNIGES, SONJA SCHIEHSER, THOMAS ROSENAU AND ANTJE POTTHAST 10. Comparison of Solution-State Properties of Cellulose Dissolved in NaOH/Water and in Ionic Liquid (EMIMAc) T. BUDTOVA, M. EGAL, R. GAVILLON, M. GERICKE, T. HEINZE, T. LIEBERT, C. ROY, K. SCHLUFTER AND P. NAVARD 11. Aspects of the Interaction of Native and Synthetic Polymers with Direct Dissolving Liquids B. KOSAN, K. SCHWIKAL, S. HESSE-ERTELT, A. NECHWATAL, F. HERMANUTZ AND F. MEISTER 12. Effect of Enzymatic Treatment on Solubility of Cellulose in 7.6%NaOH-Water and Ionic Liquid PETER ROSENBERG, TATIANA BUDTOVA, MONIKA ROM AND PEDRO FARDIM MODIFICATIONS OF CELLULOSE USING SOLVENTS 13. Non-Halide Ionic Liquids for Solvation, Extraction, and Processing of Cellulosic Materials MICHAEL HUMMEL, GERHARD LAUS, ALEXANDER SCHWARZLER, GINO BENTIVOGLIO, EGON RUBATSCHER, HOLGER KOPACKA, KLAUS WURST, VOLKER KAHLENBERG, THOMAS GELBRICH, ULRICH J. GRIESSER, THOMAS RODER, HEDDA K. WEBER, HERWIG SCHOTTENBERGER AND HERBERT SIXTA 14. Properties of Cellulose/TiO2 Fibers Processed from Ionic Liquids MIRELA L. MAXIM, NING SUN, RICHARD P. SWATLOSKI, MUSTAFIZUR RAHMAN, ADAM G. HARLAND, ANWARUL HAQUE, SCOTT K. SPEAR, DANIEL T. DALY AND ROBIN D. ROGERS 15. Novel Cellulose Products Prepared by Homogeneous Functionalization of Cellulose in Ionic Liquids SUSANN DORN, MICHAEL SCHOBITZ, KERSTIN SCHLUFTER AND THOMAS HEINZE 16. Dissolution of Cellulose in Ionic Liquids and Its Application for Cellulose Processing and Modification LIU CHUANFU, SUN RUNCANG, ZHANG AIPING AND LI WEIYING 17. Imidazolium Based Ionic Liquids as Solvents for Cellulose Chemistry JURGEN VITZ, TINA ERDMENGER AND ULRICH S. SCHUBERT 18. Structure-Property Relationship of Cellulose Ethers - Influence of the Synthetic Pathway on Cyanoethylation B. VOLKERT, W. WAGENKNECHT AND M. MAI 19. Opportunities with Wood Dissolved in Ionic Liquids HAIBO XIE, ILKKA KILPELAINEN, ALISTAIR KING, TIMO LESKINEN, PAULA JARVI AND DIMITRIS S. ARGYROPOULOS 20. Advances in Cellulose Solvent- and Organic Solvent-Based Lignocellulose Fractionation (COSLIF) Y.-H. PERCIVAL ZHANG, ZHIGUANG ZHU, JOE ROLLIN AND NOPPADON SATHITSUKSANOH INDEXES AUTHOR INDEX SUBJECT INDEX