
doi: 10.5772/35779
Gel permeation chromatography (GPC) method is a widely used and accepted method for measuring the MW and MWD for polymers. However, the method has its limitations. The key of this method is to find the suitable solvents to dissolve the polymer well. But cellulose can not be dissolved in most of the organic solvents because of the interand introhydrogen bonding of the cellulose chains. Lithium chloride/N, N-dimethlylacetamide (LiCl/DMAc) can dissolve cellulose, but the dissolution process is very complicated, which includes pre-activation, solvent exchange, swelling and dissolution. Furthermore, more attention must be paid to each step, and cellulose has to be dissolved for 5-10 days according to the type of cellulose pulp [1-4]. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a simple and fast method which can get the MW and MWD of cellulose.
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