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 …

[HTML][HTML] Cellulose/polyaniline hybrid nanocomposites: Design, fabrication, and emerging multidimensional applications

AK Rana, F Scarpa, VK Thakur - Industrial Crops and Products, 2022 - Elsevier
Polyaniline, a special class of intrinsic conducting polymers, has a wide range of potential
applications in multiple fields, such as in biosensors, electronics devices and biomedical …

Production of cellulose nanofibrils: A review of recent advances

O Nechyporchuk, MN Belgacem, J Bras - Industrial Crops and Products, 2016 - Elsevier
This review describes the recent advances in production of cellulose nanofibrils (CNF),
otherwise known as nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC), microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) or …

[HTML][HTML] Materials chemistry and the futurist eco-friendly applications of nanocellulose: Status and prospect

RK Mishra, A Sabu, SK Tiwari - Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 2018 - Elsevier
Cellulose, a linear biopolymer, is present naturally in all plants. Apart from being the planet's
predominant natural polymer, it also offers a variety of features including excellent …

[HTML][HTML] Cellulose processing from biomass and its derivatization into carboxymethylcellulose: A review

E Pinto, WN Aggrey, P Boakye, G Amenuvor… - Scientific African, 2022 - Elsevier
Many physical, chemical, and/or enzymatic treatments have been used to open the structure
of lignocellulosic biomass, separate its components and obtain cellulose. The alkaline …

Crystalline nanocellulose—preparation, modification, and properties

M Börjesson, G Westman - Cellulose-fundamental aspects and …, 2015 - books.google.com
Cellulose is a linear biopolymer found naturally in plant cells such as wood and cotton. It is
the worlds most abundant polymer in nature and possesses properties such as good …

Structural diversity, functional versatility and applications in industrial, environmental and biomedical sciences of polysaccharides and its derivatives–A review

B Elango, CP Shirley, GS Okram, T Ramesh… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent efforts on the expansion of sustainable and commercial primal matters are essential
to enhance the knowledge of their hazards and noxiousness to humans and their …

On the toxicity of cellulose nanocrystals and nanofibrils in animal and cellular models

C Ventura, F Pinto, AF Lourenço, PJT Ferreira, H Louro… - Cellulose, 2020 - Springer
The need for reaching environmental sustainability encourages research on new cellulose-
based materials for a broad range of applications across many sectors of industry. Cellulosic …

Synthesis and characterization of carboxymethyl cellulose from office waste paper: a greener approach towards waste management

G Joshi, S Naithani, VK Varshney, SS Bisht, V Rana… - Waste Management, 2015 - Elsevier
In the present study, functionalization of mixed office waste (MOW) paper has been carried
out to synthesize carboxymethyl cellulose, a most widely used product for various …

Effect of Different Carbon Sources on Bacterial Nanocellulose Production and Structure Using the Low pH Resistant Strain Komagataeibacter Medellinensis

C Molina-Ramírez, M Castro, M Osorio… - Materials, 2017 - mdpi.com
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a polymer obtained by fermentation with microorganism of
different genera. Recently, new producer species have been discovered, which require …