Nanocellulose for gel electrophoresis.

Hypothesis: Cellulose nanofibres produced by TEMPO-mediated oxidation can form gels. This study presents a proof-of-concept for gel electrophoresis with nanocellulose (NC).

Experiments: TEMPO-oxidised cellulose nanofibre dispersion is chemically cross-linked by inducing amide linkages to produce gel slabs for electrophoretic separation.

Effects of fibre dimension and charge density on nanocellulose gels.

Hypothesis: Carboxylated cellulose nanofibres can produce gels at low concentrations. The effect of pulp source on the nanocellulose fibre dimension and gel rheology are studied. It is hypothesised that fibre length and surface charge influence aspects of the gel rheological properties.