Structural color from cellulose nanocrystals or chitin nanocrystals: self-assembly, optics, and applications

B Frka-Petesic, TG Parton, C Honorato-Rios… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Widespread concerns over the impact of human activity on the environment have resulted in
a desire to replace artificial functional materials with naturally derived alternatives. As such …

[HTML][HTML] Controlling the critical parameters of ultrasonication to affect the dispersion state, isolation, and structural color of cellulose nanocrystals

RWN Nugroho, BL Tardy, SM Eldin, RA Ilyas… - Ultrasonics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are typically extracted from plants and present a range of
opto-mechanical properties that warrant their use for the fabrication of sustainable materials …

Large-scale fabrication of structurally coloured cellulose nanocrystal films and effect pigments

BE Droguet, HL Liang, B Frka-Petesic, RM Parker… - Nature materials, 2022 - nature.com
Cellulose nanocrystals are renewable plant-based colloidal particles capable of forming
photonic films by solvent-evaporation-driven self-assembly. So far, the cellulose nanocrystal …

Benchmarking cellulose nanocrystals Part II: New industrially produced materials

G Delepierre, OM Vanderfleet, E Niinivaara, B Zakani… - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
The demand for industrially produced cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) has been growing
since 2012, when CelluForce Inc. opened its inaugural demonstration plant with a …

Healable, adhesive, and conductive nanocomposite hydrogels with ultrastretchability for flexible sensors

W Ma, W Cao, T Lu, Z Jiang, R Xiong… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In recent years, conductive hydrogels have generated tremendous attention in biomedicals
and bioelectronics fields due to their excellent physiochemical properties. In this study, a …

Effects of cellulose nanocrystals and cellulose nanofibers on the structure and properties of polyhydroxybutyrate nanocomposites

B Zhang, C Huang, H Zhao, J Wang, C Yin, L Zhang… - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
One of the major obstacles for polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), a biodegradable and
biocompatible polymer, in commercial applications is its poor elongation at break (~ 3%). In …

Nanopaper electronics

H Shen, S Peng, Q Luo, J Zhou, JH He… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In the past few years, nanocellulose, as a new‐emerging colloid, has developed into a large
family and gained increasing attention owing to its favorable properties. It represents a …

Flow and assembly of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC): A bottom-up perspective-A review

AA Moud, AA Moud - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023 - Elsevier
Cellulosic sources, such as lignocellulose-rich biomass, can be mechanically or acid
degraded to produce inclusions called cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). They have several …

Rheological properties and 3D-printability of cellulose nanocrystals/deep eutectic solvent electroactive ion gels

VK Vorobiov, MP Sokolova, NV Bobrova… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D-printing of stimuli-responsible electroactive gels containing biopolymers, such
as cellulose nanocrystals (CNC), is a prospective area of material science. Deep eutectic …

Aqueous-Based Recycling of Cellulose Nanocrystal/Chitin Nanowhisker Barrier Coatings

Y Ji, DE Shen, Y Lu, GT Schueneman… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Multilayer films consisting of nanocellulose and nanochitin as oxygen barrier coatings and a
conventional petroleum-based moisture barrier plastic as the substrate have been widely …