Bacterial cellulose: Molecular regulation of biosynthesis, supramolecular assembly, and tailored structural and functional properties

S Manan, MW Ullah, M Ul-Islam, Z Shi… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Among the different types of nanocellulose being investigated, bacterial cellulose (BC) or
bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) is receiving tremendous attention due to its purity and …

Nanocellulose for sustainable water purification

R Das, T Lindstrom, PR Sharma, K Chi… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanocelluloses (NC) are nature-based sustainable biomaterials, which not only possess
cellulosic properties but also have the important hallmarks of nanomaterials, such as large …

Materials design by synthetic biology

TC Tang, B An, Y Huang, S Vasikaran, Y Wang… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Synthetic biology applies genetic tools to engineer living cells and organisms analogous to
the programming of machines. In materials synthetic biology, engineering principles from …

Micro-and nanocellulose in polymer composite materials: A review

AAB Omran, AABA Mohammed, SM Sapuan, RA Ilyas… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The high demand for plastic and polymeric materials which keeps rising every year makes
them important industries, for which sustainability is a crucial aspect to be taken into …

Bacterial cellulose: A smart biomaterial with diverse applications

DA Gregory, L Tripathi, ATR Fricker, E Asare… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural biomaterials have benefited the human civilisation for millennia. However, in recent
years, designing of natural materials for a wide range of applications have become a focus …

Bacterial cellulose-based composite scaffolds for biomedical applications: a review

W Liu, H Du, M Zhang, K Liu, H Liu, H Xie… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bacterial cellulose (BC), with non-toxicity, high purity, and biocompatibility, has been
considered as a versatile candidate for various biomedical applications. Recently, the …

Bacterial cellulose: Production, characterization, and application as antimicrobial agent

D Lahiri, M Nag, B Dutta, A Dey, T Sarkar… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is recognized as a multifaceted, versatile biomaterial with abundant
applications. Groups of microorganisms such as bacteria are accountable for BC synthesis …

Bacterial biopolymers: from pathogenesis to advanced materials

MF Moradali, BHA Rehm - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
Bacteria are prime cell factories that can efficiently convert carbon and nitrogen sources into
a large diversity of intracellular and extracellular biopolymers, such as polysaccharides …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical, chemical, biological: Moving towards closed-loop bio-based recycling in a circular economy of sustainable textiles

M Ribul, A Lanot, CT Pisapia, P Purnell… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The textile industry is facing increasing criticism because of its intensive use of resources–
both natural and fossil derived–and the negative environmental and societal impacts …