Developing fibrillated cellulose as a sustainable technological material

T Li, C Chen, AH Brozena, JY Zhu, L Xu, C Driemeier… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Cellulose is the most abundant biopolymer on Earth, found in trees, waste from agricultural
crops and other biomass. The fibres that comprise cellulose can be broken down into …

Transparent wood-based functional materials via a top-down approach

S Zhu, SK Biswas, Z Qiu, Y Yue, Q Fu, F Jiang… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Transparent wood-based materials (TWMs), made by either bottom-up or top-down
strategies, have attracted great attention owing to their transparency, sustainability and …

Cellulose‐based flexible functional materials for emerging intelligent electronics

D Zhao, Y Zhu, W Cheng, W Chen, Y Wu… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There is currently enormous and growing demand for flexible electronics for personalized
mobile equipment, human–machine interface units, wearable medical‐healthcare systems …

Current international research into cellulose as a functional nanomaterial for advanced applications

SJ Eichhorn, A Etale, J Wang, LA Berglund, Y Li… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
This review paper provides a recent overview of current international research that is being
conducted into the functional properties of cellulose as a nanomaterial. A particular …

The critical roles of water in the processing, structure, and properties of nanocellulose

S Jing, L Wu, AP Siciliano, C Chen, T Li, L Hu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The cellulose industry depends heavily on water owing to the hydrophilic nature of cellulose
fibrils and its potential for sustainable and innovative production methods. The emergence of …

Benefits, problems, and solutions of silver nanowire transparent conductive electrodes in indium tin oxide (ITO)‐free flexible solar cells

MR Azani, A Hassanpour… - Advanced Energy Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this review, silver nanowires (AgNWs) are introduced, as the primary material to replace
indium tin oxide for fabricating cost‐effective flexible organic solar cells (FOSCs), because of …

Cellulose nanocrystals and cellulose nanofibrils based hydrogels for biomedical applications

H Du, W Liu, M Zhang, C Si, X Zhang, B Li - Carbohydrate polymers, 2019 - Elsevier
The production of cellulose nanomaterials from lignocellulosic biomass opens an
opportunity for the development and application of new materials in nanotechnology. Over …

Advances in flexible metallic transparent electrodes

VH Nguyen, DT Papanastasiou, J Resende, L Bardet… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Transparent electrodes (TEs) are pivotal components in many modern devices such as solar
cells, light‐emitting diodes, touch screens, wearable electronic devices, smart windows, and …

Becoming sustainable, the new frontier in soft robotics

F Hartmann, M Baumgartner… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The advancement of technology has a profound and far‐reaching impact on the society, now
penetrating all areas of life. From cradle to grave, one is supported by and depends on a …

Printing conductive nanomaterials for flexible and stretchable electronics: A review of materials, processes, and applications

Q Huang, Y Zhu - Advanced Materials Technologies, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Printed electronics is attracting a great deal of attention in both research and
commercialization as it enables fabrication of large‐scale, low‐cost electronic devices on a …