Green and sustainable cellulose-derived humidity sensors: A review

Z Li, J Wang, Y Xu, M Shen, C Duan, L Dai, Y Ni - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Cellulose, as the most abundant natural polysaccharide, is an excellent material for
developing green humidity sensors, especially due to its humidity responsiveness as a …

Biodegradation of polymers: stages, measurement, standards and prospects

RRA Silva, CS Marques, TR Arruda, SC Teixeira… - Macromol, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, sustainable and biodegradable bioplastics are gaining significant attention due
to resource depletion and plastic pollution. An increasing number of environmentally friendly …

[HTML][HTML] Transparent, UV-blocking, and high barrier cellulose-based bioplastics with naringin as active food packaging materials

S Guzman-Puyol, J Hierrezuelo, JJ Benítez… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Free-standing, robust, and transparent bioplastics were obtained by blending cellulose and
naringin at different proportions. Optical, thermal, mechanical, antioxidant, and antimicrobial …

Precise tailoring of polyester bottlebrush amphiphiles toward eco‐friendly photonic pigments via interfacial self‐assembly

Q Guo, R Xue, J Zhao, Y Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biodegradable photonic microspheres with structural colors are promising substitutes to
polluting microbeads and toxic dyes. Here, amphiphilic polyester‐block‐poly (ethylene …

[HTML][HTML] Greaseproof, hydrophobic, and biodegradable food packaging bioplastics from C6-fluorinated cellulose esters

S Guzman-Puyol, G Tedeschi, L Goldoni, JJ Benítez… - Food …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tridecafluorononanoic acid (TFNA), a C6-fluorinated carboxylic acid, was esterified with
cellulose at different molar ratios (0: 1, 1: 1, 2: 1, and 3: 1) in a trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) …

Chiral photonic materials self-assembled by cellulose nanocrystals

C Wang, C Tang, Y Wang, Y Shen, W Qi… - Current Opinion in Solid …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cellulose nanocrystals are natural nanomaterials with a high aspect ratio, high specific area,
excellent stability, and favorable optical performances. Cellulose nanocrystals can form …

[HTML][HTML] A deep learning approach to the forward prediction and inverse design of plasmonic metasurface structural color

NB Roberts, M Keshavarz Hedayati - Applied Physics Letters, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
This report details a deep learning approach to the forward and inverse designs of
plasmonic metasurface structural color. Here, optimized Deep Neural Network models are …

Cellulose for light manipulation: methods, applications, and prospects

M Reimer, C Zollfrank - Advanced Energy Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cellulose is one of the most abundant biopolymers on earth. It is a sustainable and
renewable raw material with many beneficial properties. Due to its availability, nontoxicity …

Sustainable, insoluble, and photonic cellulose nanocrystal patches for calcium ion sensing in sweat

Q Li, C He, C Wang, Y Huang, J Yu, C Wang, W Li… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐assembly of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) is invaluable for the development of
sustainable optics and photonics. However, the functional failure of CNC‐derived materials …

Hybrid plasmonic/photonic nanoscale strategy for multilevel anticounterfeit labels

V Caligiuri, A Patra, MP De Santo… - … applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Innovative goods authentication strategies are of fundamental importance considering the
increasing counterfeiting levels. Such a task has been effectively addressed with the so …