Cellulose nanocrystals in the development of biodegradable materials: A review on CNC resources, modification, and their hybridization

A Babaei-Ghazvini, B Vafakish, R Patel… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The escalating demand for sustainable materials has propelled cellulose into the spotlight
as a promising alternative to petroleum-based products. As the most abundant organic …

[HTML][HTML] Cellulose and its derivatives for lithium ion battery separators: A review on the processing methods and properties

E Lizundia, CM Costa, R Alves… - Carbohydrate Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
There is a growing demand for lithium ion batteries (LIBs) fabricated with environmentally-
friendly materials to transition toward a more sustainable society based on a circular …

Uniformly aligned flexible magnetic films from bacterial nanocelluloses for fast actuating optical materials

X Zhang, S Kang, K Adstedt, M Kim, R Xiong… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Naturally derived biopolymers have attracted great interest to construct photonic materials
with multi-scale ordering, adaptive birefringence, chiral organization, actuation and …

A natural in situ fabrication method of functional bacterial cellulose using a microorganism

M Gao, J Li, Z Bao, M Hu, R Nian, D Feng, D An… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The functionalization methods of materials based on bacterial cellulose (BC) mainly focus
on the chemical modification or physical coating of fermentation products, which may cause …

Cellulose nanocrystal based multifunctional nanohybrids

E Lizundia, D Puglia, TD Nguyen… - Progress in Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) based nanohybrids are emerging as multifunctional materials
and alternative to traditional petroleum-based plastics. The growth in academic and …

[HTML][HTML] Multicomponent magnetic nanoparticle engineering: the role of structure-property relationship in advanced applications

AG Díez, M Rincón-Iglesias, S Lanceros-Méndez… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Combining magnetic nanomaterials with materials of other classes can produce
multicomponent nanoparticles with an entire ensemble of new structures and unique …

Multi‐Responsive Supercapacitors from Chiral Nematic Cellulose Nanocrystal‐Based Activated Carbon Aerogels

LJ Andrew, ER Gillman, CM Walters, E Lizundia… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of long‐lived electrochemical energy storage systems based on
renewable materials is integral for the transition toward a more sustainable society …

A novel electromagnetic biodegradable nanocomposite based on cellulose, polyaniline, and cobalt ferrite nanoparticles

AB Abou Hammad, ME Abd El-Aziz, MS Hasanin… - Carbohydrate …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biodegradable, antimicrobial, and semiconducting cellulosic composite was synthesized by
in-situ polymerization of polyaniline in the presence of cellulose. The cobalt ferrite …

Microstructurally assembled transition metal oxides with cellulose nanocrystals for high-performance supercapacitors

RR Palem, S Ramesh, I Rabani, G Shimoga… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Owing to the rapid growth in fossil fuel consumption and the related ecological concerns,
alternative routes such as green energy and efficient storage technologies have been …

Mesoporous cellulose nanocrystal membranes as battery separators for environmentally safer lithium-ion batteries

R Goncalves, E Lizundia, MM Silva… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Cellulose emerges as a promising sustainable alternative to traditional polyolefin-based
lithium-ion battery (LIB) separators because of its good mechanical properties and inherent …