Cellulose-based functional materials for sensing

V Gabrielli, M Frasconi - Chemosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The growing bioeconomic demand for lightweight materials with combined sustainability,
large-scale production, ease in functionalization and competitive mechanical properties has …

An overview of the development status and applications of cellulose-based functional materials

X Li, C Wan, T Tao, H Chai, Q Huang, Y Chai, Y Wu - Cellulose, 2024 - Springer
Amidst the progressive depletion of non-renewable resources on a global scale, the
expedited development of green and sustainable materials has become an imperative …

[HTML][HTML] Starch hydrogels as targeted colonic drug delivery vehicles

TT Koev, HC Harris, S Kiamehr, YZ Khimyak… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Targeted colonic drug delivery systems are needed for the treatment of endemic colorectal
pathologies, such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and colorectal cancer. These drug …

Insights into the gelation mechanism of metal-coordinated hydrogels by paramagnetic NMR spectroscopy and molecular dynamics

V Gabrielli, R Baretta, R Pilot, A Ferrarini… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metal-coordination complexes are attracting increasing attention as supramolecular cross-
linkers to develop polymeric hydrogel networks with tunable and dynamic mechanical …

A study across scales to unveil microstructural regimes in the multivalent metal driven self-assembly of cellulose nanocrystals

V Gabrielli, A Ferrarini, M Frasconi - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the behaviour of self-assembled systems, from nanoscale building blocks to
bulk materials, is a central theme for the rational design of high-performance materials …

Liquid crystalline phase behavior and hydration of hydroxypropyl cellulose in water: A liquid and solid NMR investigation

M Martin‐Pastor, E Stoyanov - Journal of Polymer Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) is a functional material with numerous applications as a drug
solubilizer, thickener, and stabilizer. Herein, the mobile and rigid regions of HPC are …

Theory and computation of nuclear shielding

T Kupka - 2020 - books.rsc.org
A review of the literature published from January to December 2019 on theoretical aspects
of nuclear magnetic shielding is presented. It covers both non-relativistic and relativistic …

Creation of Organic/Inorganic Hybrids in Two‐Dimensional Organized Films Using Natural Materials and Control of Their Morphology

R Nakada, S Sugita, RH Rumon, A Fujimori - ChemistrySelect, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Starch, an insoluble natural polymer, can be spread into a Langmuir monolayer on the
surface of water as amylodextrin by solubilization, where it forms a spherical single‐particle …

Capturing the sol and gel states of thermoresponsive polyoxazoline/-oxazine hydrogels by ambient and subambient solid-state NMR

T Zorn, S Bachmann, L Polzin, J Greiner, R Luxenhofer… - 2024 - chemrxiv.org
Recently it was shown that ABA-type triblock copolymers with pPheOzi as central B-block
undergo a cooling induced order-order transition from spherical to worm-like micelles …

Probing the organisation and function of structured starch materials by advanced NMR techniques

T Koev - 2021 - ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk
Hydrogels have a complex and heterogeneous structure and organisation, making them
promising candidates for applications in the biomedical, pharmaceutical and cosmetics …