Nanocellulose: recent fundamental advances and emerging biological and biomimicking applications

K Heise, E Kontturi, Y Allahverdiyeva… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the effort toward sustainable advanced functional materials, nanocelluloses have
attracted extensive recent attention. Nanocelluloses range from rod‐like highly crystalline …

Current international research into cellulose as a functional nanomaterial for advanced applications

SJ Eichhorn, A Etale, J Wang, LA Berglund, Y Li… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
This review paper provides a recent overview of current international research that is being
conducted into the functional properties of cellulose as a nanomaterial. A particular …

4D printing of polymers: Techniques, materials, and prospects

P Fu, H Li, J Gong, Z Fan, AT Smith, K Shen… - Progress in Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the concept of four-dimensional (4D) printing first emerged from additive
manufacturing technologies in 2013, there has been growing interest from researchers …

Bacterial cellulose-based composite scaffolds for biomedical applications: a review

W Liu, H Du, M Zhang, K Liu, H Liu, H Xie… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bacterial cellulose (BC), with non-toxicity, high purity, and biocompatibility, has been
considered as a versatile candidate for various biomedical applications. Recently, the …

Nanocellulose as a natural source for groundbreaking applications in materials science: Today's state

D Klemm, ED Cranston, D Fischer, M Gama… - Materials Today, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanocelluloses are natural materials with at least one dimension in the nano-scale. They
combine important cellulose properties with the features of nanomaterials and open new …

Bacterial cellulose and its applications

SM Choi, KM Rao, SM Zo, EJ Shin, SS Han - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The sharp increase in the use of cellulose seems to be in increasing demand in wood; much
more research related to sustainable or alternative materials is necessary as a lot of the …

A review of smart electrospun fibers toward textiles

L Liu, W Xu, Y Ding, S Agarwal, A Greiner… - Composites …, 2020 - Elsevier
Electrospinning as a versatile technology has attracted a large amount of attention in the
past few decades due to the facile way to produce micro-and nano-scale fibers featuring …

Cellulose-based hydrogels as sustained drug-delivery systems

DE Ciolacu, R Nicu, F Ciolacu - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels, three-dimensional (3D) polymer networks, present unique properties, like
biocompatibility, biodegradability, tunable mechanical properties, sensitivity to various …

[HTML][HTML] Nanocellulose: A mini-review on types and use in drug delivery systems

N Raghav, MR Sharma, JF Kennedy - Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of effective drug delivery systems by the exploitation of biocompatible,
inert nanomaterials has become the thrust areas of research in medicinal chemistry. Out of …

Applications of bacterial cellulose in food, cosmetics and drug delivery

H Ullah, HA Santos, T Khan - Cellulose, 2016 - Springer
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a versatile biopolymer with better material properties, such as
purity, high degree of porosity, relative high permeability to liquid and gases, high water …