Cellulose: a review of water interactions, applications in composites, and water treatment

A Etale, AJ Onyianta, SR Turner, SJ Eichhorn - Chemical reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cellulose is known to interact well with water, but is insoluble in it. Many polysaccharides
such as cellulose are known to have significant hydrogen bond networks joining the …

Cellulose nanocrystals: Pretreatments, preparation strategies, and surface functionalization

AK Rana, E Frollini, VK Thakur - International Journal of Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) have attracted great interest from researchers from academic
and industrial areas because of their interesting structural features and unique …

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 …

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 …

Surface modifications of cellulose nanocrystals: Processes, properties, and applications

SP Bangar, MM Harussani, RA Ilyas, AO Ashogbon… - Food …, 2022 - Elsevier
The interest in nanocellulose has recently increased in many fields due to its natural
abundance, exceptional mechanical/optical properties, and better biocompatibility. During …

Micro and nanocrystalline cellulose derivatives of lignocellulosic biomass: A review on synthesis, applications and advancements

D Haldar, MK Purkait - Carbohydrate polymers, 2020 - Elsevier
The present review article is focused on the progress in different aspects of synthesis,
modification and advanced applications of both of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) and …

Understanding the self‐assembly of cellulose nanocrystals—toward Chiral photonic materials

A Tran, CE Boott, MJ MacLachlan - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Over millions of years, animals and plants have evolved complex molecules and structures
that endow them with vibrant colors. Among the sources of natural coloration, structural color …

Seaweed-based cellulose: Applications, and future perspectives

RS Baghel, CRK Reddy, RP Singh - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Cellulose is a naturally occurring organic polymer extracted mainly from lignocellulosic
biomass of terrestrial origin. However, the increasing production of seaweeds for growing …

100th anniversary of macromolecular science viewpoint: polymers from lignocellulosic biomass. Current challenges and future opportunities

RM O'Dea, JA Willie, TH Epps III - ACS Macro Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Sustainable polymers from lignocellulosic biomass have the potential to reduce the
environmental impact of commercial plastics while also offering significant performance and …

Surface modified cellulose nanomaterials: a source of non-spherical nanoparticles for drug delivery

YY Khine, MH Stenzel - Materials Horizons, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Cellulose nanomaterials, often called nanocellulose, have created a lot of buzz as a
renewable building block for new materials such as nanocomposites, aerogels and …