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 …

Tailoring functionality of nanocellulose: Current status and critical challenges

Y Zhang, W Deng, M Wu, M Rahmaninia, C Xu, B Li - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nanocellulose (NC) isolated from natural cellulose resources, which mainly includes
cellulose nanofibril (CNF) and cellulose nanocrystal (CNC), has garnered increased …

Biomimetic transparent layered tough aerogels for thermal superinsulation and triboelectric nanogenerator

Z Hu, X Zhang, Q Sun, P Gu, X Liang, X Yang, M Liu… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Transparent aerogels are ideal candidates for thermally insulating windows, solar thermal
receivers, electronics, etc. However, they are usually prepared via energy‐consuming …

Preparation of amino cellulose nanofiber via ε-poly-L-lysine grafting with enhanced mechanical, anti-microbial and food preservation performance

S Zhang, H Chen, Z Shi, Y Liu, L Liu, J Yu… - Industrial Crops and …, 2023 - Elsevier
A green and effective method was proposed for producing amino cellulose nanofibers (ε-PL-
TOCNs) with a yield of> 60%, which was obtained via ε-poly-L-lysine-grafting of 2, 2, 6, 6 …

Nanoporous Conjugated Polymer Aerogel Films for High‐Performance Electrochemical Transistors

Z Hu, P Gu, X Yang, Z Sun, L Lu, X Liang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) possess low operating voltage and excellent
amplification capability and show promising applications in biosensors and flexible …

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 …

Bio-inspired fabrication of thin films via surface amidation of TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanocrystals for improved UV-shielding properties

X Ping, Y Zhou, X Wang, H Dong, M Yan, X Xiao… - Materials Today …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation impacts various aspects of human beings, and there has been
significant interest in membrane materials with UV shielding. However, conventional …

Cellulose nanocrystal composites with enhanced mechanical properties for robust transparent thin films

E Missale, D Maniglio, G Speranza… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cellulose is attracting increasing interest as a sustainable technological material, owing to
its unique combination of properties, such as abundance in nature, biodegradability …

Functionalization of cellulose nanofibrils to develop novel ROS-sensitive biomaterials

C Palo-Nieto, A Blasi-Romero, C Sandström… - Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Wood derived cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) have emerged as an interesting material for
biomedical applications. Functionalization of the nanofibrils with bioactive molecules is a …

Simple engineering of hybrid cellulose nanocrystal–gold nanoparticles results in a functional glyconanomaterial with biomolecular recognition properties

G Biagiotti, G Toniolo, M Albino, M Severi… - Nanoscale …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cellulose nanocrystal and gold nanoparticles are assembled, in a unique way, to yield a
novel modular glyconanomaterial whose surface is then easily engineered with one or two …