[HTML][HTML] Bacterial cellulose biopolymers: The sustainable solution to water-polluting microplastics

M Faria, C Cunha, M Gomes, I Mendonça, M Kaufmann… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) pollution has become one of our time's most consequential issue. These
micropolymeric particles are ubiquitously distributed across all natural and urban …

[HTML][HTML] Solving urban water microplastics with bacterial cellulose hydrogels: Leveraging predictive computational models

I Mendonça, J Sousa, C Cunha, M Faria, A Ferreira… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The prevalence of microplastics (MPs) in both urban and aquatic ecosystems is concerning,
with wastewater treatment plants being considered one of the major sources of the issue. As …

Development of novel bacterial cellulose composites for the textile and shoe industry

M Fernandes, M Gama, F Dourado… - Microbial …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This research aimed at producing malleable, breathable and water impermeable bacterial
cellulose‐based nanocomposites, by impregnating bacterial cellulose (BC) membranes with …

[HTML][HTML] Production and characterization of a new bacterial cellulose/poly (vinyl alcohol) nanocomposite

AF Leitão, JP Silva, F Dourado, M Gama - Materials, 2013 - mdpi.com
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is characterized for its high water holding capacity, high crystallinity,
an ultrafine fiber network and high tensile strength. This work demonstrates the production of …

Nanocellulosics: benign, sustainable, and ubiquitous biomaterials for water remediation

SS Ray, AOC Iroegbu - ACS omega, 2021 - ACS Publications
Water is critical for all lives to thrive. Access to potable and safe water has been argued to
rank top among the prerequisites for defining the standard of living of a nation. However …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial nanocellulose papers with high porosity for optimized permeance and rejection of nm-sized pollutants

A Mautner, A Bismarck - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Access to clean potable water is increasingly becoming a struggle for whole humankind,
thus water treatment to remediate wastewater and fresh water sources is an important task …

Sustainable cellulose nanomaterials for environmental remediation-achieving clean air, water, and energy: a review

Q Wang, S Liu, J Liu, J Sun, Z Zhang, Q Zhu - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental pollution is increasingly becoming a serious global challenge due to various
pollutants. Cellulose nanomaterials (CNMs) based membranes originated from green …

Micro/nano-plastic removal from wastewater using cellulose membrane: Performance and life cycle assessment

Z Jiang, X Wang, H Zhao, Z Yang, J Zhou, X Sun… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Globally, micro-and nano-plastics (MNPs) have become a serious environmental threat due
to significant pollutions caused by their multitude sources, widespread distribution …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics in ecosystems: from current trends to bio-based removal strategies

S Magalhães, L Alves, B Medronho, A Romano… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Plastics are widely used due to their excellent properties, inexpensiveness and versatility
leading to an exponential consumption growth during the last decades. However, most …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in biopolymeric membranes towards the removal of emerging organic pollutants from water

FB Mamba, BS Mbuli, J Ramontja - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Herein, this paper details a comprehensive review on the biopolymeric membrane
applications in micropollutants' removal from wastewater. As such, the implications of …