Deconstruction and reassembly of renewable polymers and biocolloids into next generation structured materials

BL Tardy, BD Mattos, CG Otoni, M Beaumont… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review considers the most recent developments in supramolecular and supraparticle
structures obtained from natural, renewable biopolymers as well as their disassembly and …

Cellulose-based fiber spinning processes using ionic liquids

B Azimi, H Maleki, V Gigante, R Bagherzadeh… - Cellulose, 2022 - Springer
Cellulose, a natural, renewable, and environment friendly biopolymer, has been considered
as a sustainable feedstock in the near future. However, only 0.3% of cellulose is today …

Twenty-five years of cellulose chemistry: Innovations in the dissolution of the biopolymer and its transformation into esters and ethers

M Kostag, M Gericke, T Heinze, OA El Seoud - Cellulose, 2019 - Springer
The anniversary of the journal “Cellulose” is an opportunity to review innovations that were
introduced during the past 25 years. Of these, from our perspective, the development of …

Solution-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of crystalline cellulosic materials using a direct dissolution ionic liquid electrolyte

L Fliri, K Heise, T Koso, AR Todorov, DR Del Cerro… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Owing to its high sustainable production capacity, cellulose represents a valuable feedstock
for the development of more sustainable alternatives to currently used fossil fuel-based …

A review on the partial and complete dissolution and fractionation of wood and lignocelluloses using imidazolium ionic liquids

H Abushammala, J Mao - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ionic liquids have shown great potential in the last two decades as solvents, catalysts,
reaction media, additives, lubricants, and in many applications such as electrochemical …

Wet esterification of never-dried cellulose: a simple process to surface-acetylated cellulose nanofibers

M Beaumont, S Winklehner, S Veigel, N Mundigler… - Green …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Here we present a general concept of wet surface esterification of cellulose using acyl
imidazoles, which enables direct acetylation of never-dried cellulose fibres in aqueous …

Acetylation in ionic liquids dramatically increases yield in the glycosyl composition and linkage analysis of insoluble and acidic polysaccharides

IM Black, IE Ndukwe, J Vlach, J Backe… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Glycosyl composition and linkage analyses are important first steps toward understanding
the structural diversity and biological importance of polysaccharides. Failure to fully …

Superbase-based protic ionic liquids for cellulose filament spinning

S Elsayed, M Hummel, D Sawada, C Guizani… - Cellulose, 2021 - Springer
Lyocell fibers have received increased attention during the recent years. This is due to their
high potential to satisfy the rising market demand for cellulose-based textiles in a …

Cellulose

AD French, S Pérez, V Bulone, T Rosenau… - Encyclopedia of Polymer …, 2002 - hal.science
This article covers nomenclature, sources, biosynthesis, preparation, uses, microcrystalline
cellulose, structural chemistry, reactions, solvents, and liquid crystals. Cellulose for …

[HTML][HTML] Re-use of waste cotton textile as an ultrafiltration membrane

A Lopatina, I Anugwom, H Blot, ÁS Conde… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Textile industry produces millions of tons of waste annually, which is predominantly
incinerated or landfilled. Cotton textile comprises a quarter of total textile production, and …