Plant celluloses, hemicelluloses, lignins, and volatile oils for the synthesis of nanoparticles and nanostructured materials

A Barhoum, J Jeevanandam, A Rastogi, P Samyn… - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A huge variety of plants are harvested worldwide and their different constituents can be
converted into a broad range of bionanomaterials. In parallel, much research effort in …

Industrial application of nanocelluloses in papermaking: a review of challenges, technical solutions, and market perspectives

A Balea, E Fuente, MC Monte, N Merayo, C Campano… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nanocelluloses (NC) increase mechanical and barrier paper properties allowing the use of
paper in applications actually covered by other materials. Despite the exponential increase …

Nanocelluloses: Natural-based materials for fiber-reinforced cement composites. A critical review

A Balea, E Fuente, A Blanco, C Negro - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nanocelluloses (NCs) are bio-based nano-structurated products that open up new solutions
for natural material sciences. Although a high number of papers have described their …

[HTML][HTML] Critical comparison of the properties of cellulose nanofibers produced from softwood and hardwood through enzymatic, chemical and mechanical processes

JL Sanchez-Salvador, C Campano, A Balea… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Current knowledge on the properties of different types of cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) is
fragmented. Properties variation is very extensive, depending on raw materials …

Ionic liquids as a sustainable platform for nanocellulose processing from bioresources: overview and current status

GAS Haron, H Mahmood, MH Noh… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The two-fold threats of the crisis of petrochemical industry-based plastics and serious
environmental pollution have triggered the valorization of naturally occurring biopolymers to …

Cellulose nanofibrils manufactured by various methods with application as paper strength additives

J Zeng, Z Zeng, Z Cheng, Y Wang, X Wang, B Wang… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Recycled paper and some hardwood paper often display poorer mechanical properties,
which hinder its practical applications and need to be addressed. In this work, cellulose …

Comparison of mechanical and chemical nanocellulose as additives to reinforce recycled cardboard

JL Sanchez-Salvador, A Balea, MC Monte, C Negro… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Recycling cycles cause a decrease in mechanical paper properties due to cellulose fiber
degradation. The use of cellulose micro/nanofibers (CMF/CNF) to reinforce paper strength …

Bacterial nanocellulose in papermaking

M Skočaj - Cellulose, 2019 - Springer
Bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) is a unique natural nanomaterial that shares very few
similarities with other natural or industrially produced nanomaterials. BNC can be produced …

Nanocellulose characterization challenges

Despite the extraordinary properties of nanocellulose (NC), as confirmed through two
decades of exhaustive research, addressing an array of potential applications, the NC …

Effect of refining and homogenization on nanocellulose fiber development, sheet strength and energy consumption

S Ang, V Haritos, W Batchelor - Cellulose, 2019 - Springer
Nanocellulose has great potential for end use in the pulp and paper industry, but its
mechanical production process is often extremely energy intensive. Although various pre …