Sustainable pretreatments in textile wet processing

SKBC Panda, K Sen, S Mukhopadhyay - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The textile industry contributes significantly to the economies of most developing nations.
However, the industry has also remained one of the most polluting and energy-intensive …

Human touch sensation-inspired, ultrawide-sensing-range, and high-robustness flexible piezoresistive sensor based on CB/MXene/SR/fiber nanocomposites for …

X Guo, W Hong, B Hu, T Zhang, C Jin, X Yao, H Li… - Composite …, 2023 - Elsevier
Flexible piezoresistive sensors hold a great potential with broad application spectrum in
human-computer interaction and wearable electronic devices. Inspired by human touch …

Strain-responsive mercerized conductive cotton fabrics based on PEDOT: PSS/graphene

M Zahid, EL Papadopoulou, A Athanassiou, IS Bayer - Materials & Design, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly (styrene sulfonate)(PEDOT: PSS)
conductive polymer is well known for its high conductivity and applications in conductive …

Exploring crystalline-structural variations of cellulose during alkaline pretreatment for enhanced enzymatic hydrolysis

Z Ling, S Chen, X Zhang, F Xu - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
The study aimed to explore the crystallinity and crystalline structure of alkaline pretreated
cellulose. The enzymatic hydrolysis followed by pretreatment was conducted for measuring …

All cellulose composites based on cellulose diacetate and nanofibrillated cellulose prepared by alkali treatment

W Wang, T Liang, H Bai, W Dong, X Liu - Carbohydrate polymers, 2018 - Elsevier
Cellulose diacetate (CDA) composite films were synthesized by incorporation of
nanofibrillated celluloses (NFCs), using a casting/evaporation technique. Fourier transform …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of hydrolysis time, pH and surfactant type on stability of hydrochloric acid hydrolyzed nanocellulose

D Pawcenis, M Leśniak, M Szumera, M Sitarz… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanocelluloses are the subject of much interest on the account of their mechanical
properties, high surface area, porosity, etc. Typically, sulfuric acid is used to produce …

Comparative evaluation of cellulose nanocrystals from bagasse and coir agro-wastes for reinforcing PVA-based composites

K Pavalaydon, H Ramasawmy, D Surroop - Environment, Development …, 2022 - Springer
In order to increase resilience of planters against climate change and bring additional
economic benefits, agro-wastes can be exploited for extracting nanocellulose to produce …

Patience is a virtue: Self-assembly and physico-chemical properties of cellulose nanocrystal allomorphs

G Delepierre, S Eyley, W Thielemans, C Weder… - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are bio-based rod-like nanoparticles with a quickly
expanding market. Despite the fact that a variety of production routes and starting cellulose …

All-cellulose composites based on microfibrillated cellulose and filter paper via a NaOH-urea solvent system

B Duchemin, D Le Corre, N Leray, A Dufresne… - Cellulose, 2016 - Springer
All-cellulose composites were produced by partial dissolution of two cellulosic sources in a
mixture of sodium hydroxide and urea at low temperature. Filter paper (FP) and …

Insights into coloration enhancement of mercerized cotton fabric on reactive dye digital inkjet printing

H Zhao, K Zhang, K Fang, F Shi, Y Pan, F Sun… - Rsc Advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Mercerization can improve the utilization rate of dyes in the dyeing process, and reduce the
discharge of washing wastewater. However, the effect and mechanism of mercerization is …