Cellulose aerogels: Synthesis, applications, and prospects

LY Long, YX Weng, YZ Wang - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Due to its excellent performance, aerogel is considered to be an especially promising new
material. Cellulose is a renewable and biodegradable natural polymer. Aerogel prepared …

Recent progresses in the application of cellulose, starch, alginate, gum, pectin, chitin and chitosan based (nano) catalysts in sustainable and selective oxidation …

M Nasrollahzadeh, N Shafiei, Z Nezafat… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Exploitation of polymers as effective starting materials to produce various valuable catalysts
is attracting the attention of industrial and academic researchers. Moreover, among all …

Developing multifunctional cellulose derivatives for environmental and biomedical applications: Insights into modification processes and advanced material properties

T Aziz, W Li, J Zhu, B Chen - International Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
The growing bioeconomic demand for lightweight, eco-friendly materials with functional
versatility and competitive mechanical properties drives the resurgence of cellulose as a …

Recent advances in cellulose supported metal nanoparticles as green and sustainable catalysis for organic synthesis

S Kamel, TA Khattab - Cellulose, 2021 - Springer
Organic reactions generally involve a variety of catalysts and solvents, which may be
inflammable, toxic, and/or corrosive. Consequently, most of these reactions highly influence …

Mechanically flexible, waterproof, breathable cellulose/polypyrrole/polyurethane composite aerogels as wearable heaters for personal thermal management

Y Wang, L Chen, H Cheng, B Wang, X Feng… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Multifunctional wearable heaters are highly desirable for the growing demand in the field of
personal thermal management. Herein, we present an efficient and feasible strategy to …

Recent progress in modification strategies of nanocellulose-based aerogels for oil absorption application

MA Iskandar, EB Yahya, HPS Abdul Khalil, AA Rahman… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Oil spills and oily wastewater have become a major environmental problem in recent years,
directly impacting the environment and biodiversity. Several techniques have been …

Cellulose–gold nanoparticle hybrid materials

J Van Rie, W Thielemans - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Cellulose and gold nanoparticles have exciting characteristics and new combinations of
both materials may lead to promising functional nanocomposites with unique properties. We …

Fabrication and application of starch-based aerogel: Technical strategies

Q Zheng, Y Tian, F Ye, Y Zhou, G Zhao - Trends in Food Science & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Studies of starch-based aerogels have attracted widespread attention over the
last decade, motivated by their environmental friendliness, biodegradability and unique …

Cellulose nanocrystals applications in health, medicine and catalysis

T Aziz, A Ullah, H Fan, R Ullah, F Haq, FU Khan… - Journal of Polymers and …, 2021 - Springer
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) is one of the outstanding nano-material. So far, much
researcher nowadays has been developed their applications. It acquires several properties …

Flame-retardant polyvinyl alcohol/cellulose nanofibers hybrid carbon aerogel by freeze drying with ultra-low phosphorus

Y Huang, T Zhou, S He, H Xiao, H Dai, B Yuan… - Applied Surface …, 2019 - Elsevier
Polyvinyl alcohol/cellulose nanofibers hybrid aerogel was prepared under freeze drying
method. To improve the aerogels' anti-combustion performance, 0.8 wt% microencapsulated …