Supporting Information

Eco-friendly Carboxymethyl Cellulose Nanofiber Hydrogels Prepared

via Freeze Cross-Linking and Their Applications

Yurina Sekine,a,b*‡ Takuya Nankawa, b‡ Shunji Yunoki,c Tsuyoshi Sugita,b Hiroshi

Nakagawaa, Teppei Yamadad

a
Materials Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195,

Japan. bAdvanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki

319-1195, Japan. cTokyo Metropolitan Industrial Technology Research Institute, Aomi, Koto-

ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan. dDepartment of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The

University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.

*E-mail: sekine.yurina@jaea.go.jp

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Figure S1. Photographs of CMCF-F-x hydrogels (x = 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 1, and 2) before and after
compression.

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Figure S2. The strain-stress curves of CMCF-F-0.05, CMCF-F-0.1, CMCF-F-0.5, CMCF-
F-1hydrogels obtained from compressive tests.

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Figure S3. Photographs of (a) CMCF-NoF-2 and (b) CMCF-F-2 hydrogels.

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 CMCF-F-2

Intensity (arb. units)

Intensity (a.u.)
CMCF-NoF-2

CMCF a

CA

10
10 20 30 40
40
2 q ( o)
2∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴φ02θ∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴φ00 (°)

Figure S4. XRD patterns of freeze-dried CMCF-F-2, CMCF-NoF-2, CMCF, and CA. The
circles and triangles represent the diffraction peaks, which are attributed to CMCF and CA,
respectively.

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Figure S5. Photographs of CMCF-B-F-2 hydrogel.

Figure S6. Photographs of CMCF-B-F-2 hydrogels before and after adsorption of RB, MB,
and MG.

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 Fig. S7. Schematic of the proposed mechanism of increase in bentonite adsorption in CMCF
hydrogels.

400
400

300
300
Qe (mg g )
Q (mg g -1)
-1

200
200

100
100

00
CM

CM
CM

CF

CF
CF

:
:

Be

Be
Be

n
n

to

to
to

nit

nit
nit

e=

e=
e=

1:

1:
1:

0.

0.
1

Fig. S8. Effect of weight ratio of CMCF and bentonite on the Qe of CMCF-B-F-2 hydrogels
for RB.

Table S1 Qe of samples for each dye

Dye
Materials
RB BB MB MG
CMCF-B-F-2 353 370 207 234
CMCF-F-2 10 198 22 32
Bentonite 375 352 249 281
Theoretical value of CMCF-B-F-2 193 275 135 157

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