Preparation and morphology of different types of cellulose spherulites from concentrated cellulose ionic liquid solutions

Hongzan Song, Yanhua Niu, Jian Yu, Jun Zhang, Zhigang Wang and Jiasong He

Soft Matter, 2013, 9, 3013-3020

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Four different types of spherulites of microcrystalline cellulose were prepared using vapor precipitation with proper humidity at various temperatures from concentrated microcrystalline cellulose/1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride solutions.