Smoothed Dissipative Particle Dynamics Model for Predicting Self-Assembled Nano-Cellulose Fibre Structures, 2010 TAPPI International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Product Industry

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Nano-cellulose fibres in suspension/gel states are known to have complex structures, depending on, e.g., concentration and ionic strength. These complex structures pose both opportunity (creating novel functional structures) and challenges (difficult rheology and processability). To better assess their impacts on the formation of nano-cellulose structures, a novel particle-based method has been proposed based on Smoothed Dissipative Particle Dynamics. This numerical approach treats both fluid and solid phases, in a unified way, as a set of particles exchanging momentum and/or interacting through Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (DLVO) potentials