Electroactive-papers (EAPaps) are paper that used in the field of electro-responsive applications, consisting primarily of
a cellulose. 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (BMIMCl) is an interesting ionic liquid that acts as an effective
cellulose solvent for EAPap due to its high solubility without chain derivatization, less chain degradation, and stability in
electro-responsive applications. In our work, physical and chemical cellulose gels were fabricated and studied for the
effects of varying crosslinking ratio (CR) with glutaraldehyde (GA) as the crosslinking agent. The crosslinking reaction
conversion could be increased by increasing the CR; the reaction products are ketone linkages and by-product water
molecules. A difference in optical properties could be observed and related to the differing amounts of ketone linkages,
as confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy: Attenuated total reflectance (FTIR-ATR), and the degradation
temperature (Td). All of the prepared gels show no significant differences in electrical conductivity; however they can be
classified in the level of semiconductors. Our paper-gels showed potential characteristics towards electro-responsive
applications as the ionic migration is a promising mechanism and with less preparation time (< 14 hours).
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