The self‐assembly of cellulose nanocrystals: Hierarchical design of visual appearance

RM Parker, G Guidetti, CA Williams, T Zhao… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
By controlling the interaction of biological building blocks at the nanoscale, natural photonic
nanostructures have been optimized to produce intense coloration. Inspired by such …

Advanced materials through assembly of nanocelluloses

E Kontturi, P Laaksonen, MB Linder… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
There is an emerging quest for lightweight materials with excellent mechanical properties
and economic production, while still being sustainable and functionalizable. They could form …

Benchmarking cellulose nanocrystals: from the laboratory to industrial production

MS Reid, M Villalobos, ED Cranston - Langmuir, 2017 - ACS Publications
The renewability, biocompatibility, and mechanical properties of cellulose nanocrystals
(CNCs) have made them an attractive material for numerous composite, biomedical, and …

Nanocellulose properties and applications in colloids and interfaces

C Salas, T Nypelö, C Rodriguez-Abreu… - Current Opinion in …, 2014 - Elsevier
In this review we introduce recent advances in the development of cellulose nanomaterials
and the construction of high order structures by applying some principles of colloid and …

Preparation, properties and applications of polysaccharide nanocrystals in advanced functional nanomaterials: a review

N Lin, J Huang, A Dufresne - Nanoscale, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Intensive exploration and research in the past few decades on polysaccharide nanocrystals,
the highly crystalline nanoscale materials derived from natural resources, mainly focused …

Controlled arrangement of nanocellulose in polymeric matrix: From reinforcement to functionality

N Peng, D Huang, C Gong, Y Wang, J Zhou, C Chang - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nanocellulose, the most abundant crystalline polysaccharide nanomaterial on Earth, has
been widely used for the reinforcement of polymeric materials owing to its high elastic …

Chiral photonic liquid crystal films derived from cellulose nanocrystals

C Duan, Z Cheng, B Wang, J Zeng, J Xu, J Li, W Gao… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As a nanoscale renewable resource derived from lignocellulosic materials, cellulose
nanocrystals (CNCs) have the features of high purity, high crystallinity, high aspect ratio …

[HTML][HTML] Trends in advanced functional material applications of nanocellulose

P Panchal, E Ogunsona, T Mekonnen - Processes, 2018 - mdpi.com
The need to transition to more sustainable and renewable technology has resulted in a
focus on cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) and nanocrystals (CNCs) as one of the materials of the …

Nanocellulose‐based polymer composites for energy applications—a review

D Lasrado, S Ahankari, K Kar - Journal of Applied Polymer …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
With rapid fossil fuel consumption and ecological concerns, alternative options of green
energy development and its efficient storage technology is an emergent area of research …

Adsorption and assembly of cellulosic and lignin colloids at oil/water interfaces

L Bai, LG Greca, W Xiang, J Lehtonen, S Huan… - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
The surface chemistry and adsorption behavior of submicrometer cellulosic and lignin
particles have drawn wide-ranging interest in the scientific community. Here, we introduce …