Understanding nanocellulose–water interactions: Turning a detriment into an asset

L Solhi, V Guccini, K Heise, I Solala… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Modern technology has enabled the isolation of nanocellulose from plant-based fibers, and
the current trend focuses on utilizing nanocellulose in a broad range of sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] Cellulose and the role of hydrogen bonds: not in charge of everything

M Wohlert, T Benselfelt, L Wågberg, I Furó… - Cellulose, 2022 - Springer
In the cellulose scientific community, hydrogen bonding is often used as the explanation for
a large variety of phenomena and properties related to cellulose and cellulose based …

Biobased nanomaterials─ the role of interfacial interactions for advanced materials

M Osterberg, KA Henn, M Farooq… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This review presents recent advances regarding biomass-based nanomaterials, focusing on
their surface interactions. Plant biomass-based nanoparticles, like nanocellulose and lignin …

Nanocellulose: recent fundamental advances and emerging biological and biomimicking applications

K Heise, E Kontturi, Y Allahverdiyeva… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the effort toward sustainable advanced functional materials, nanocelluloses have
attracted extensive recent attention. Nanocelluloses range from rod‐like highly crystalline …

The critical roles of water in the processing, structure, and properties of nanocellulose

S Jing, L Wu, AP Siciliano, C Chen, T Li, L Hu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The cellulose industry depends heavily on water owing to the hydrophilic nature of cellulose
fibrils and its potential for sustainable and innovative production methods. The emergence of …

Plant nanomaterials and inspiration from nature: water interactions and hierarchically structured hydrogels

R Ajdary, BL Tardy, BD Mattos, L Bai… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recent developments in the area of plant‐based hydrogels are introduced, especially those
derived from wood as a widely available, multiscale, and hierarchical source of …

[HTML][HTML] Unique reactivity of nanoporous cellulosic materials mediated by surface-confined water

M Beaumont, P Jusner, N Gierlinger, AWT King… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The remarkable efficiency of chemical reactions is the result of biological evolution, often
involving confined water. Meanwhile, developments of bio-inspired systems, which exploit …

Nanoscale mechanism of moisture-induced swelling in wood microfibril bundles

A Paajanen, A Zitting, L Rautkari, JA Ketoja… - Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Understanding nanoscale moisture interactions is fundamental to most applications of wood,
including cellulosic nanomaterials with tailored properties. By combining X-ray scattering …

Molecular insights on the crystalline cellulose-water interfaces via three-dimensional atomic force microscopy

A Yurtsever, PX Wang, F Priante, Y Morais Jaques… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Cellulose, a renewable structural biopolymer, is ubiquitous in nature and is the basic
reinforcement component of the natural hierarchical structures of living plants, bacteria, and …

[HTML][HTML] Spatioselective surface chemistry for the production of functional and chemically anisotropic nanocellulose colloids

K Heise, T Koso, AWT King, T Nypelö… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Maximizing the benefits of nanomaterials from biomass requires unique considerations
associated with their native chemical and physical structure. Both cellulose nanofibrils and …