Application of ionic liquids for dissolving cellulose and fabricating cellulose-based materials: state of the art and future trends

J Zhang, J Wu, J Yu, X Zhang, J He… - Materials Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Cellulose, a well-known fascinating biopolymer, has been considered to be a sustainable
feedstock of energy sources and chemical engineering in the future. However, due to its …

Hydrogels based on cellulose and chitin: fabrication, properties, and applications

X Shen, JL Shamshina, P Berton, G Gurau… - Green chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This review is focused on the fabrication, properties, and applications of hydrogels prepared
from two of the most abundant biopolymers on earth, cellulose and chitin. The review …

Construction of cellulose based ZnO nanocomposite films with antibacterial properties through one-step coagulation

F Fu, L Li, L Liu, J Cai, Y Zhang, J Zhou… - ACS applied materials …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Cellulose based ZnO nanocomposite (RCZ) films were prepared from cellulose carbamate–
NaOH/ZnO solutions through one-step coagulation in Na2SO4 aqueous solutions. The …

Flexible regenerated cellulose/ZnO based piezoelectric composites fabricated via an efficient one-pot method to load high-volume ZnO with assistance of crosslinking

X Song, H Zou, S Cao, B Jiang, M Li, L Huang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Flexible piezoelectric film has broad application in the energy devices and sensor field.
Herein, a highly effective “one-pot method” was proposed to fabricate regenerated …

Fabrication and characterization of CMC-based nanocomposites reinforced with sodium montmorillonite and TiO2 nanomaterials

BF Achachlouei, Y Zahedi - Carbohydrate polymers, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)-based ternary nanocomposite films
containing sodium montmorillonite (Na-MMT)(1, 3 and 5% wt) and titanium dioxide (TiO 2)(1 …

A facile construction of bacterial cellulose/ZnO nanocomposite films and their photocatalytic and antibacterial properties

F Wahid, YX Duan, XH Hu, LQ Chu, SR Jia… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bacterial cellulose (BC) has numerous excellent properties but the absence of antibacterial
activity restricts its applications in biomedical field. Therefore, in order to introduce the …

Shape-controlled synthesis of zinc nanostructures mediating macromolecules for biomedical applications

SM Mousavi, G Behbudi, A Gholami… - Biomaterials …, 2022 - spj.science.org
Zinc nanostructures (ZnONSs) have attracted much attention due to their morphological,
physicochemical, and electrical properties, which were entailed for various biomedical …

Microwave encounters ionic liquid: synergistic mechanism, synthesis and emerging applications

Z Zhao, H Li, X Gao - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Progress in microwave (MW) energy application technology has stimulated remarkable
advances in manufacturing and high-quality applications of ionic liquids (ILs) that are …

Progresses in polysaccharide and lignin-based ionic liquids: Catalytic applications and environmental remediation

M Nasrollahzadeh, M Ghasemzadeh… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Today, the use of heterogeneous catalysts for various chemical and environmental
transformations is of great interest. For this aim, researchers have applied different natural or …

Physical and mechanical properties of hybrid montmorillonite/zinc oxide reinforced carboxymethyl cellulose nanocomposites

Y Zahedi, B Fathi-Achachlouei, AR Yousefi - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this research, a novel carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)-based nanocomposite films
containing sodium montmorillonite (MMT)(5% wt) and zinc oxide (ZnO)(1, 2, 3 and 4% wt) …