Bacterial cellulose hydrogel for sensors

X Pan, J Li, N Ma, X Ma, M Gao - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Biohydrogel–based flexible sensors have attracted enormous and growing attention for
personalized mobile equipment, human–machine interface units, wearable medical …

Nanocellulose, a tiny fiber with huge applications

T Abitbol, A Rivkin, Y Cao, Y Nevo, E Abraham… - Current opinion in …, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Current directions in nanocellulose research.•Photonics.•Films and
foams.•Surface functionalization.•Nanocomposites.•Medicine.Nanocellulose is of increasing …

A synthetic hydrogel composite with the mechanical behavior and durability of cartilage

F Yang, J Zhao, WJ Koshut, J Watt… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This article reports the first hydrogel with the strength and modulus of cartilage in both
tension and compression, and the first to exhibit cartilage‐equivalent tensile fatigue strength …

[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 …

Plant nanomaterials and inspiration from nature: water interactions and hierarchically structured hydrogels

R Ajdary, BL Tardy, BD Mattos, L Bai… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recent developments in the area of plant‐based hydrogels are introduced, especially those
derived from wood as a widely available, multiscale, and hierarchical source of …

Multi-scale multi-mechanism design of tough hydrogels: building dissipation into stretchy networks

X Zhao - Soft matter, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
As swollen polymer networks in water, hydrogels are usually brittle. However, hydrogels with
high toughness play critical roles in many plant and animal tissues as well as in diverse …

Nanocrystalline cellulose as reinforcement for polymeric matrix nanocomposites and its potential applications: a review

RA Ilyas, SM Sapuan, ML Sanyang… - Current Analytical …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: The usage of natural fibres as reinforcement in bioplastic polymer composite
has garnered attention during the last few decades. This is due to limitations of …

[HTML][HTML] Nanocellulose as sustainable biomaterials for drug delivery

S Das, B Ghosh, K Sarkar - Sensors International, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanocellulose (NC) has lately appeared as a member of the major promising “green”
materials, garnering great attentiveness due to it's unique features. Several new materials …

Mimicking skin cellulose hydrogels for sensor applications

D Zhang, J Jian, Y Xie, S Gao, Z Ling, C Lai… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The soft electronics industry is booming. To integrate with soft tissues (eg skin), the materials
must possess skin-like properties in terms of stretchability, toughness, elasticity, softness …

Bacterial cellulose nanocomposites: An all-nano type of material

FG Torres, JJ Arroyo, OP Troncoso - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2019 - Elsevier
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a fascinating polymer with a three-dimensional structure formed
by nanofibers of pure cellulose, synthesized by some bacteria and organized as a coherent …