Investigating the synergetic dispersing effect of hydrolyzed biomacromolecule Cellulase and SDS on CuPc pigment.

In this paper, the dispersion performance of biomacromolecule hydrolyzed cellulase from Trichoderma reesei on copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) pigment was first studied. The effect of hydrolysis time, cellulase concentration and environmental pH on the dispersion performance was investigated by particle size distribution and suspension transmittance measurement. The hydrolysis degree of cellulase was determined by FTIR, XRD, UV-vis and fluorescence spectra, potential and particle size analysis, respectively. Subsequently, the hydrolyzed cellulase was combined with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) for acquiring better CuPc suspension based on their synergetic effects on dispersion. The optimal mass ratio of hydrolyzed cellulase to SDS was found to be 1:9. The resulting CuPc dispersion by this hydrolyzed cellulase/SDS composite was characterized by FTIR, TG, TEM, XRD analysis, respectively. This study demonstrated that there were strong interactions between hydrolyzed cellulase and SDS to result in synergistic dispersing effect on CuPc for better stability.