A review of bacterial cellulose: sustainable production from agricultural waste and applications in various fields

L Urbina, MÁ Corcuera, N Gabilondo, A Eceiza… - Cellulose, 2021 - Springer
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a polymer with interesting conformation and properties. BC can
be obtained in different shapes and is easily modified by chemical and physical means, so …

Bacterial cellulose-based magnetic nanocomposites: A review

N Sriplai, S Pinitsoontorn - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a natural polymer that has unique and interesting structural,
physical and chemical properties. These characteristics make it very attractive as a starting …

Reuse of waste cotton cloth for the extraction of cellulose nanocrystals

Z Wang, ZJ Yao, J Zhou, Y Zhang - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2017 - Elsevier
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) were prepared from waste cotton cloth and degreasing
cotton was used as a comparison. The cellulose was first extracted by alkali and bleaching …

Tuning the physiochemical properties of bacterial cellulose: effect of drying conditions

MP Illa, CS Sharma, M Khandelwal - Journal of Materials Science, 2019 - Springer
Bacteria have an ability to produce cellulose in pure form without any impurities such as
hemicellulose and lignin, unlike plant cellulose. Bacterial cellulose as-produced with 3-D …

Ex-situ modification of bacterial cellulose for immediate and sustained drug release with insights into release mechanism

S Adepu, M Khandelwal - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2020 - Elsevier
The release of drug from bacterial cellulose (BC) is tuned to achieve immediate and
controlled delivery by using two drying strategies: freeze-drying and oven-drying. Diclofenac …

Broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity of bacterial cellulose silver nanocomposites with sustained release

S Adepu, M Khandelwal - Journal of Materials Science, 2018 - Springer
Bacterial cellulose-based antifouling materials have been produced by incorporation of
silver nanoparticles for broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity. Three variations of silver …

Self-standardization of quality of bacterial cellulose produced by Medusomyces gisevii in nutrient media derived from Miscanthus biomass

EА Skiba, EK Gladysheva, DS Golubev… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bacterial cellulose (BC) was synthesized from biomass of Miscanthus grown in West Siberia.
Miscanthus biomass was pretreated at atmospheric pressure with 4 wt.% solutions of HNO 3 …

Carbonized bacterial cellulose-derived binder-free, flexible, and free-standing cathode host for high-performance stable potassium–sulfur batteries

A Anjan, VK Bharti, CS Sharma… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In search of improved advanced energy storage systems to meet our fast-growing energy
demands for large-scale applications, potassium–sulfur batteries (KSBs) provide an …

Application of bacterial nanofibrillated cellulose for performance improvement in vermiculite lightweight mortar

TV Soares, C Effting, KW Miranda… - Construction and Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study utilized bacterial nanofibrillated cellulose (BNFC) in lightweight mortars (0.05
wt%, 0.15 wt%, and 0.25 wt%), aiming to analyze their rheological, mechanical, and …

Bacterial cellulose with microencapsulated antifungal essential oils: A novel double barrier release system

S Adepu, M Khandelwal - Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
A double barrier release system is designed for herbal essential oils which possess
tremendous anti-fungal activity, even against drug-resistant fungi. However, their utilization …