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 …

Surface modifications of nanocellulose: From synthesis to high-performance nanocomposites

M Ghasemlou, F Daver, EP Ivanova, Y Habibi… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanocellulose is at the cutting edge of current research owing to its highly useful features,
such as abundance and renewability of its source, biocompatibility, nanoscale dimension …

The evolution of flexible electronics: from nature, beyond nature, and to nature

P Wang, M Hu, H Wang, Z Chen, Y Feng… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The flourishing development of multifunctional flexible electronics cannot leave the
beneficial role of nature, which provides continuous inspiration in their material, structural …

Nanochitin and nanochitosan: Chitin nanostructure engineering with multiscale properties for biomedical and environmental applications

S Lee, LT Hao, J Park, DX Oh… - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nanochitin and nanochitosan (with random‐copolymer‐based multiscale architectures of
glucosamine and N‐acetylglucosamine units) have recently attracted immense attention for …

Polymerization induced microphase separation for the fabrication of nanostructured materials

K Lee, N Corrigan, C Boyer - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Polymerization induced microphase separation (PIMS) is a strategy used to develop unique
nanostructures with highly useful morphologies through the microphase separation of …

MXene‐reinforced cellulose nanofibril inks for 3D‐printed smart fibres and textiles

WT Cao, C Ma, DS Mao, J Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Fibre‐based materials have received tremendous attention due to their flexibility and
wearability. Although great efforts have been devoted to achieve high‐performance fibres …

Functional materials from nanocellulose: utilizing structure–property relationships in bottom‐up fabrication

K De France, Z Zeng, T Wu, G Nyström - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It is inherently challenging to recapitulate the precise hierarchical architectures found
throughout nature (such as in wood, antler, bone, and silk) using synthetic bottom‐up …

Advances in mechanics of hierarchical composite materials

Y Chen, Y Ma, Q Yin, F Pan, C Cui, Z Zhang… - Composites Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Stronger, tougher, and lighter materials are always among the relentless pursuits of material
scientists and engineers. The hierarchical design inspired by nature has been considered …

Super-hydrophobic cellulose nanofiber air filter with highly efficient filtration and humidity resistance

T Liu, C Cai, R Ma, Y Deng, L Tu, Y Fan… - ACS applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
High-air humidity, especially condensation into droplets under the influence of temperature,
can pose a serious threat to air purification filters. This report introduces the use of …

Strengthening and Toughening Hierarchical Nanocellulose via Humidity-Mediated Interface

YZ Hou, QF Guan, J Xia, ZC Ling, ZZ He, ZM Han… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Undoubtedly humidity is a non-negligible and sensitive problem for cellulose, which is
usually regarded as one disadvantage to cellulose-based materials because of the …