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Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) represent intriguing biopolymeric nanocrystalline materials, that are biocompatible, sustainable and renewable, can be chemically functionalized and are endowed with exceptional mechanical properties. Recently, studies have been performed to prepare CNCs with extraordinary photophysical properties, also by means of their functionalization with organic light-emitting fluorophores. In this paper, we used the reductive amination reaction to chemically bind 4-(1-pyrenyl)butanamine selectively to the reducing termini of sulfated or neutral CNCs (S_CNC and N_CNC) obtained from sulfuric acid or hydrochloric acid hydrolysis. The functionalization reaction is simple and straightforward, and it induces the appearance of the typical pyrene emission profile in the functionalized materials. After a characterization of the new materials performed by ATR-FTIR and fluorescence spectroscopies, we demonstrate luminescence quenching of the decorated N_CNC by copper (II) sulfate, hypothesizing for these new functionalized materials an application in water purification technologies.
Omar Hassan Omar; Rosa Giannelli; Erica Colaprico; Laura Capodieci; Francesco Babudri; Alessandra Operamolla. Reductive Amination Reaction for the Functionalization of Cellulose Nanocrystals. Molecules 2021, 26, 5032 .
AMA StyleOmar Hassan Omar, Rosa Giannelli, Erica Colaprico, Laura Capodieci, Francesco Babudri, Alessandra Operamolla. Reductive Amination Reaction for the Functionalization of Cellulose Nanocrystals. Molecules. 2021; 26 (16):5032.
Chicago/Turabian StyleOmar Hassan Omar; Rosa Giannelli; Erica Colaprico; Laura Capodieci; Francesco Babudri; Alessandra Operamolla. 2021. "Reductive Amination Reaction for the Functionalization of Cellulose Nanocrystals." Molecules 26, no. 16: 5032.