This project is a collaboration between the group of Wim Thielemans, specialized in the
development of renewable materials using cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), with the group of …

Surface modification of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) by organocatalysed grafting from ring-
opening polymerization (ROP) of trimethylene carbonate was investigated. Organocatalysts …

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) occupy a privileged position among the fillers for in situ
synthesis of polymer nanocomposites because such nanoparticles can be used as …

Surface initiated ring-opening polymerisation (SI-ROP) of trimethylene carbonate (1, 3-
dioxane-2-one, TMC) from cellulose surfaces has been studied for the first time. Specifically …

Grafting polymers onto cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) has garnered significant interest in
both academia and industry. However, their surface hydroxyl groups can lead to irreversible …

Over the past 10 years, the grafting of polymers from the surface of cellulose nanocrystals
(CNCs) has gained substantial interest in both academia and industry due to the rapidly …

In this study, surface-initiated ring-opening polymerization has been employed for the
grafting of ε-caprolactone from cellulose nanoparticles, made by partial hydrolysis of …

In this work, highly porous nanopaper, ie, sheets of papers made from non-aggregated
nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC), have been surface-grafted with poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL) …

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) possess desirable mechanical and optical properties that
make them a candidate in the development of the next generation of polymer‐based …

A strategy is devised for the conversion of hydrophilic cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) into
hydrophobic CNF that form a stable nanocomposite dispersion for functional reinforcement …