Protein nanofibrils for next generation sustainable water purification

M Peydayesh, R Mezzenga - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Water scarcity is rapidly spreading across the planet, threatening the population across the
five continents and calling for global sustainable solutions. Water reclamation is the most …

A bio-based nanofibre hydrogel filter for sustainable water purification

M Jiang, C Jing, C Lei, X Han, Y Wu, S Ling… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Removal of suspended solids (SS) is a prerequisite for delivering clean water. However,
removal of ultrafine SS during water purification in a cost-effective manner remains a global …

Protein nanofibrils and their use as building blocks of sustainable materials

C Lendel, N Solin - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The development towards a sustainable society requires a radical change of many of the
materials we currently use. Besides the replacement of plastics, derived from petrochemical …

Environmentally Sustainable and Ecosafe Polysaccharide-Based Materials for Water Nano-Treatment: An Eco-Design Study

I Corsi, A Fiorati, G Grassi, I Bartolozzi, T Daddi… - Materials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Nanoremediation, which is the use of nanoparticles and nanomaterials for environmental
remediation, is widely explored and proposed for preservation of ecosystems that suffer from …

Template-guided assembly of silk fibroin on cellulose nanofibers for robust nanostructures with ultrafast water transport

R Xiong, HS Kim, S Zhang, S Kim, VF Korolovych… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The construction of multilength scaled hierarchical nanostructures from diverse natural
components is critical in the progress toward all-natural nanocomposites with structural …

The critical roles of water in the processing, structure, and properties of nanocellulose

S Jing, L Wu, AP Siciliano, C Chen, T Li, L Hu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The cellulose industry depends heavily on water owing to the hydrophilic nature of cellulose
fibrils and its potential for sustainable and innovative production methods. The emergence of …

“Green” nano-filters: fine nanofibers of natural protein for high efficiency filtration of particulate pollutants and toxic gases

H Souzandeh, Y Wang, WH Zhong - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Particulate and chemical pollutants are ubiquitous in polluted air. However, current air filters
using traditional polymers can only remove particles from the polluted air. To efficiently filter …

Nanocellulose‐enabled membranes for water purification: perspectives

PR Sharma, SK Sharma, T Lindström… - Advanced Sustainable …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Membrane technology remains the most energy‐efficient process for removing contaminants
(micrometer‐size particles to angstrom‐size hydrated ions) from water. However, the current …

Nanocellulose for sustainable water purification

R Das, T Lindstrom, PR Sharma, K Chi… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanocelluloses (NC) are nature-based sustainable biomaterials, which not only possess
cellulosic properties but also have the important hallmarks of nanomaterials, such as large …

Natural polypeptides treat pollution complex: Moisture-resistant multi-functional protein nanofabrics for sustainable air filtration

H Tian, X Fu, M Zheng, Y Wang, Y Li, A Xiang… - Nano Research, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Development of “green” multi-functional air filters with features such as excellent
filtration efficiency, eco-friendliness, and environmental stability are critically required to …