Bacterial cellulose: Production, modification and perspectives in biomedical applications

S Gorgieva, J Trček - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is ultrafine, nanofibrillar material with an exclusive combination of
properties such as high crystallinity (84%–89%) and polymerization degree, high surface …

Nanocellulose as a natural source for groundbreaking applications in materials science: Today's state

D Klemm, ED Cranston, D Fischer, M Gama… - Materials Today, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanocelluloses are natural materials with at least one dimension in the nano-scale. They
combine important cellulose properties with the features of nanomaterials and open new …

Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using curcumin-cyclodextrins loaded into bacterial cellulose-based hydrogels for wound dressing applications

A Gupta, SM Briffa, S Swingler, H Gibson… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Chronic wounds are often recalcitrant to treatment because of high microbial bioburden and
the problem of microbial resistance. Silver is a broad-spectrum natural antimicrobial agent …

Bacterial cellulose and its potential for biomedical applications

F Wahid, LH Huang, XQ Zhao, WC Li, YY Wang… - Biotechnology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is an important polysaccharide synthesized by some bacterial
species under specific culture conditions, which presents several remarkable features such …

[HTML][HTML] Nanocellulose in biomedicine: Current status and future prospect

N Lin, A Dufresne - European Polymer Journal, 2014 - Elsevier
Nanocellulose, a unique and promising natural material extracted from native cellulose, has
gained much attention for its use as biomedical material, because of its remarkable physical …

Comprehensive review on nanocellulose: Recent developments, challenges and future prospects

P Thomas, T Duolikun, NP Rumjit, S Moosavi… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cellulose constitutes most of a plant's cell wall, and it is the most abundant renewable
polymer source on our planet. Given the hierarchical structure of cellulose, nanocellulose …

The production and application of hydrogels for wound management: A review

A Gupta, M Kowalczuk, W Heaselgrave… - European Polymer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Wound treatment has increased in importance in the wound care sector due to the
pervasiveness of chronic wounds in the high-risk population including, but not limited to …

Bacterial cellulose in food industry: Current research and future prospects

D Lin, Z Liu, R Shen, S Chen, X Yang - International Journal of Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bacterial cellulose, a pure exocellular polysaccharide produced by microorganisms, has
many excellent properties as compared with plant-derived cellulose, including high water …

Biopolymer-based functional composites for medical applications

SB Park, E Lih, KS Park, YK Joung, DK Han - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, numerous biopolymers have received more attention in medical
applications involving novel biomaterials because of their biocompatibility, biodegradability …

Industrial-scale production and applications of bacterial cellulose

C Zhong - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a natural biomaterial synthesized by bacteria. It possesses a
unique structure of cellulose nanofiber-weaved three-dimensional reticulated network that …