Comparison and assessment of methods for cellulose crystallinity determination

KS Salem, NK Kasera, MA Rahman… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The degree of crystallinity in cellulose significantly affects the physical, mechanical, and
chemical properties of cellulosic materials, their processing, and their final application …

Building an extensible cell wall

DJ Cosgrove - Plant Physiology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
This article recounts, from my perspective of four decades in this field, evolving paradigms of
primary cell wall structure and the mechanism of surface enlargement of growing cell walls …

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 …

Production routes to tailor the performance of cellulose nanocrystals

OM Vanderfleet, ED Cranston - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are bio-based, high aspect ratio nanoparticles that are
industrially produced in tonne-per-day quantities across the globe. CNCs can be used to …

Deconstruction and reassembly of renewable polymers and biocolloids into next generation structured materials

BL Tardy, BD Mattos, CG Otoni, M Beaumont… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review considers the most recent developments in supramolecular and supraparticle
structures obtained from natural, renewable biopolymers as well as their disassembly and …

A comprehensive review on cellulose nanocrystals and cellulose nanofibers: Pretreatment, preparation, and characterization

KJ Nagarajan, NR Ramanujam, MR Sanjay… - Polymer …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Crafting ecological materials from green resources is posing a significant challenge for the
researchers and scientists around the globe and has resulted in the development of …

Biopolymers and composites: Properties, characterization and their applications in food, medical and pharmaceutical industries

GP Udayakumar, S Muthusamy, B Selvaganesh… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polymers have occupied an indispensable role in almost all types of industries for their
immense physical and mechanical characteristics, mainly in food, packaging …

[HTML][HTML] Variation of lignocellulosic biomass structure from torrefaction: A critical review

HC Ong, KL Yu, WH Chen, MK Pillejera, X Bi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, torrefaction, a kind of biomass thermal pretreatment technology, has
received a great deal of attention due to its effective upgrading performance of biomass …

Plastic waste valorization by leveraging multidisciplinary catalytic technologies

H Zhou, Y Wang, Y Ren, Z Li, X Kong, M Shao… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Plastic waste triggers a series of concerns because of its disruptive impact on the
environment and ecosystem. From the point of view of catalysis, however, end-of-life plastics …

Hydrogel-forming algae polysaccharides: From seaweed to biomedical applications

M Beaumont, R Tran, G Vera, D Niedrist… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
With the increasing growth of the algae industry and the development of algae biorefinery,
there is a growing need for high-value applications of algae-extracted biopolymers. The …