Advanced cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) aerogels: Bottom-up assembly perspective for production of adsorbents

AA Moud - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2022 - Elsevier
The most common and abundant polymer in nature is the linear polysaccharide cellulose,
but processing it requires a new approach since cellulose degrades before melting and …

Microbial cellulase production and its potential application for textile industries

G Korsa, R Konwarh, C Masi, A Ayele, S Haile - Annals of Microbiology, 2023 - Springer
Purpose The textile industry's previous chemical use resulted in thousands of practical
particulate emissions, such as machine component damage and drainage system blockage …

All bio-based chiral nematic cellulose nanocrystals films under supramolecular tuning by chitosan/deacetylated chitin nanofibers for reversible multi-response and …

J Chen, Z Ling, X Wang, X Ping, Y Xie, H Ma… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Application of green and renewable all bio-based resources on functional nanomaterials
has been of much interest, but often limited by their complex supramolecular construction …

Flow and assembly of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC): A bottom-up perspective-A review

AA Moud, AA Moud - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023 - Elsevier
Cellulosic sources, such as lignocellulose-rich biomass, can be mechanically or acid
degraded to produce inclusions called cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). They have several …

Cellulose and Chitin Twisted Structures: From Nature to Applications

RR da Rosa, SN Fernandes, M Mitov… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Twisted structures are ubiquitous in plants and animals. Cellulose and chitin are natural
polymers that form the structural skeleton of various twisted systems observed across …

Review on recent advances in cellulose nanofibril based hybrid aerogels: Synthesis, properties and their applications

C Prasad, SG Jeong, JS Won, S Ramanjaneyulu… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
With the depletion of fossil fuels and growing environmental concerns, the modernized era
of technology is in desperate need of sustainable and eco-friendly materials. The industrial …

Self-assembly of polysaccharide nanocrystals: from aggregation in suspensions to optical materials

Q Song, Z Wang, D Xu, S Liu, H Liu, K Zhang - Progress in Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bottom-up synthesis strategies to construct nano-architectonic material exhibiting specific
properties by controlling the spatial distribution of the material units are challenging. Native …

Recent advances and opportunities for cellulose nanocrystal-based liquid crystalline polymer hybrids and composite materials

FK Masese, PK Njenga, DM Ndaya, RM Kasi - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are one-dimensional, rod-like, anisotropic, renewable,
sustainable, and degradable polysaccharide-based materials with a high aspect ratio and …

Self-lubricating drops

H Tan, D Lohse, X Zhang - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, there has been a growing interest in the study of multicomponent
drops. These drops exhibit unique phenomena, as the interplay between hydrodynamics …

Force estimation with sustainable hydroxypropyl cellulose sensor using convolutional neural network

A Leal-Junior, H Rocha, PL Almeida… - IEEE Sensors …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents the development and analysis of a hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC)-
based sensor for force estimation. The sensor is based on the mixture between the HPC and …