Nanochitin: chemistry, structure, assembly, and applications

L Bai, L Liu, M Esquivel, BL Tardy, S Huan… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Chitin, a fascinating biopolymer found in living organisms, fulfills current demands of
availability, sustainability, biocompatibility, biodegradability, functionality, and renewability …

Structural color from cellulose nanocrystals or chitin nanocrystals: self-assembly, optics, and applications

B Frka-Petesic, TG Parton, C Honorato-Rios… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Widespread concerns over the impact of human activity on the environment have resulted in
a desire to replace artificial functional materials with naturally derived alternatives. As such …

Nanocellulose in emulsions and heterogeneous water‐based polymer systems: A review

SA Kedzior, VA Gabriel, MA Dubé… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nanocelluloses (ie, bacterial nanocellulose, cellulose nanocrystals, and cellulose
nanofibrils) are cellulose‐based materials with at least one dimension in the nanoscale …

Nanoparticles behaviors in porous media: Application to enhanced oil recovery

J Foroozesh, S Kumar - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
Stability of nanofluids along with their promising properties has led to wide applications of
nanoparticles (NPs) in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects. Nanofluids that are colloidal …

Impact of interactions between peanut protein isolate and cellulose nanocrystals on the properties of Pickering emulsions: Rheological properties and physical …

Q Ma, X Bu, C Nie, W Li, X Zhang, B Liu, S Ma… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The interactions between cellulose nanocrystals and proteins can regulate the interfacial
properties of Pickering emulsions, which plays a leading role in the stabilities of Pickering …

Plant-based nanocellulose: A review of routine and recent preparation methods with current progress in its applications as rheology modifier and 3D bioprinting

C Yadav, A Saini, W Zhang, X You, I Chauhan… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract “Nanocellulose” have captivated the topical sphere of sturdily escalating market for
sustainable materials. The review focuses on the comprehensive understanding of the …

Tuning complexation of carboxymethyl cellulose/cationic chitosan to stabilize Pickering emulsion for curcumin encapsulation

X Zhu, J Chen, Y Hu, N Zhang, Y Fu, X Chen - Food Hydrocolloids, 2021 - Elsevier
Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) is an economical and easily available cellulose derivative
that ionizes in water and is used in several charge-related interfacial applications. However …

Fundamental aspects of nanocellulose stabilized Pickering emulsions and foams

S Parajuli, EE Ureña-Benavides - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanocelluloses in recent years have garnered a lot of attention for their use as stabilizers of
liquid-liquid and gas-liquid interfaces. Both cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and cellulose …

Structural design of zein-cellulose nanocrystals core–shell microparticles for delivery of curcumin

Y Wei, A Guo, Z Liu, L Mao, F Yuan, Y Gao, A Mackie - Food chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
The novel core–shell microparticles were fabricated to deliver curcumin by using
hydrophobic zein microparticles as the core and hydrophilic cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) …

A new era of chitin synthesis and dissolution using deep eutectic solvents-comparison with ionic liquids

R Sulthan, A Reghunadhan, S Sambhudevan - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chitin is a value-oriented mucopolysaccharide natural source that found its application in
various biomedical fields. The primary source of chitin mass production is the tons and tons …