Freeze casting: from low‐dimensional building blocks to aligned porous structures—a review of novel materials, methods, and applications

G Shao, DAH Hanaor, X Shen, A Gurlo - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Freeze casting, also known as ice templating, is a particularly versatile technique that has
been applied extensively for the fabrication of well‐controlled biomimetic porous materials …

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 …

Design principles of food gels

Y Cao, R Mezzenga - Nature Food, 2020 - nature.com
Naturally sourced gels from food biopolymers have advanced in recent decades to compare
favourably in performance and breadth of application to their synthetic counterparts. Here …

Recent developments in nanocellulose-based biodegradable polymers, thermoplastic polymers, and porous nanocomposites

H Kargarzadeh, J Huang, N Lin, I Ahmad… - Progress in Polymer …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanocellulose has generated a great deal of interest as a source of nanometer-sized
reinforcement, because of its good mechanical properties. In the last few years …

Freeze casting–A review of processing, microstructure and properties via the open data repository, FreezeCasting. net

KL Scotti, DC Dunand - Progress in Materials Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Freeze-casting produces materials with complex, three-dimensional pore structures which
may be tuned during the solidification process. The range of potential applications of freeze …

[HTML][HTML] Cellulose hydrogels: Green and sustainable soft biomaterials

R Kundu, P Mahada, B Chhirang, B Das - Current Research in Green and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cellulose is a highly abundant, green, sustainable, and biodegradable polymer. These
characteristic features of cellulose make it a useful polymer for the synthesis of bio-based …

The potential of cellulose nanocrystals in tissue engineering strategies

RMA Domingues, ME Gomes, RL Reis - Biomacromolecules, 2014 - ACS Publications
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are a renewable nanosized raw material that is drawing a
tremendous level of attention from the materials community. These rod-shaped nanocrystals …

Hydrogels based on cellulose and chitin: fabrication, properties, and applications

X Shen, JL Shamshina, P Berton, G Gurau… - Green chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This review is focused on the fabrication, properties, and applications of hydrogels prepared
from two of the most abundant biopolymers on earth, cellulose and chitin. The review …

An elegant coupling: Freeze-casting and versatile polymer composites

J Yang, W Yang, W Chen, X Tao - Progress in Polymer Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The innovations of materials science and modern technologies are boosting the prosperity
of polymer composites in various emerging multi-disciplinary fields. Cooperating with the …

Low‐density open cellular sponges as functional materials

S Jiang, S Agarwal, A Greiner - … Chemie International Edition, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Low‐density macroporous sponges with densities less than 100 mg cm− 3 are both a
challenge and an opportunity for advanced chemistry and material science. The challenge …