Nanocellulose, a versatile green platform: from biosources to materials and their applications

B Thomas, MC Raj, J Joy, A Moores, GL Drisko… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
With increasing environmental and ecological concerns due to the use of petroleum-based
chemicals and products, the synthesis of fine chemicals and functional materials from …

Recent advances in nanocellulose processing, functionalization and applications: A review

V Thakur, A Guleria, S Kumar, S Sharma… - Materials Advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, environmental and ecological concerns have become a major issue owing
to the expansion of petroleum-based synthetic materials and products, and therefore the …

Surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization: state-of-the-art, opportunities, and challenges in surface and interface engineering with polymer brushes

JO Zoppe, NC Ataman, P Mocny, J Wang… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The generation of polymer brushes by surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization (SI-
CRP) techniques has become a powerful approach to tailor the chemical and physical …

Quaternary ammonium-based biomedical materials: State-of-the-art, toxicological aspects and antimicrobial resistance

Y Jiao, L Niu, S Ma, J Li, FR Tay, J Chen - Progress in polymer science, 2017 - Elsevier
Microbial infections affect humans worldwide. Many quaternary ammonium compounds
have been synthesized that are not only antibacterial, but also possess antifungal, antiviral …

Cellulose-based nanomaterials advance biomedicine: a review

HN Abdelhamid, AP Mathew - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
There are various biomaterials, but none fulfills all requirements. Cellulose biopolymers
have advanced biomedicine to satisfy high market demand and circumvent many ecological …

A review on surface-functionalized cellulosic nanostructures as biocompatible antibacterial materials

M Tavakolian, SM Jafari, TGM van de Ven - Nano-Micro Letters, 2020 - Springer
As the most abundant biopolymer on the earth, cellulose has recently gained significant
attention in the development of antibacterial biomaterials. Biodegradability, renewability …

Antimicrobial polymeric materials with quaternary ammonium and phosphonium salts

Y Xue, H Xiao, Y Zhang - International journal of molecular sciences, 2015 - mdpi.com
Polymeric materials containing quaternary ammonium and/or phosphonium salts have been
extensively studied and applied to a variety of antimicrobial-relevant areas. With various …

Bacterial cellulose as a material for wound treatment: Properties and modifications. A review

I Sulaeva, U Henniges, T Rosenau, A Potthast - Biotechnology advances, 2015 - Elsevier
Advanced approaches to wound healing have attracted much attention in the last decades
due to the use of novel types of dressings that provide a moist environment and take an …

Current international research into cellulose nanofibres and nanocomposites

SJ Eichhorn, A Dufresne, M Aranguren… - Journal of materials …, 2010 - Springer
This paper provides an overview of recent progress made in the area of cellulose nanofibre-
based nanocomposites. An introduction into the methods used to isolate cellulose …

Improvement of antibacterial and antifouling properties of a cellulose acetate membrane by surface grafting quaternary ammonium salt

Y Zhou, Y Jiang, Y Zhang, L Tan - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Through etherification reaction, epoxy propyl dimethyl dodecyl ammonium chloride
(EPDMDAC) was grafted onto the surface of a cellulose acetate (CA) membrane to prepare …