Effects of Ring Opening and Chemical Modification on the Properties of Dry and Moist Cellulose─Predictions with Molecular Dynamics Simulations.

An observed trend was that ring openings overall tended to decrease T g , which may be attributed to the increased mobility of the polymer systems. 48 We see in Figure 3 a that the cellulose and 6Carb systems, the systems that still have a ring structure, had high estimated glass transition temperatures for all water contents, showing the importance of ring openings for decreasing T g .

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