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Rapid and effective cuticle removal from wool fibers using ionic liquid
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posted on 2015-06-23, 00:00 authored by Jingyu Chen, Kylie Vongsanga, Xungai Wang, Nolene ByrneNolene ByrneWool fibers are composed of cuticle and cortex cells, which are of obvious differences in many properties. The development of methods to isolate the two kinds of cells can provide platform to elucidate the roles they play in the characteristics of wool fibers. Here we demonstrate the cuticle can be completely and rapidly removed from the wool fibers by the use of ionic liquids, with inner cortex intact. Confocal microscope, SEM and FTIR have been applied to study the wool fibers after cuticle removal. In contrast to the traditional/long physical or chemical separation routes (>14 h), our method is very rapid (<1 h). This work demonstrates the ability of ionic liquid as a novel, rapid and efficient media for cuticle/ cortex isolation.
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Fibers and polymersVolume
16Issue
6Pagination
1289 - 1293Publisher
SpringerLocation
New York, N.Y.Publisher DOI
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1875-0052eISSN
1229-9197Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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