Recent trends and applications of cellulose nanocrystals in food industry

R Mu, X Hong, Y Ni, Y Li, J Pang, Q Wang… - Trends in Food Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The development of nanomaterials with edible and biodegradable properties is
now an urgent need of food science and technology. The application of nanomaterials in the …

Cellulose nanocrystals as carriers in medicine and their toxicities: A review

AB Seabra, JS Bernardes, WJ Fávaro, AJ Paula… - Carbohydrate …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are crystalline nanoparticles that present myriad
applications. CNCs are produced from a variety of renewable sources, and they can be …

Synthesis and characterization of cellulose nanocrystals derived from walnut shell agricultural residues

F Hemmati, SM Jafari, M Kashaninejad… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) have novel and diversified applications in different fields
including packaging and nanodelivery systems. This study was dedicated to fabricate CNCs …

Valorization of wheat straw in food packaging: A source of cellulose

SP Bangar, P Kajla, T Ghosh - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wheat straw (WS) is one of the abundant categories of agricultural waste, which is usually
abandoned and burned yearly, thus creating environmental issues. Traditionally, it is used …

Isolation of cellulose nanocrystals from pseudostems of banana plants

S Mueller, C Weder, EJ Foster - RSC advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
On account of their excellent mechanical properties, cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are
attracting significant interest as a naturally sourced, renewable and inexpensive component …

An in vitro testing strategy towards mimicking the inhalation of high aspect ratio nanoparticles

C Endes, O Schmid, C Kinnear, S Mueller… - Particle and fibre …, 2014 - Springer
Background The challenge remains to reliably mimic human exposure to high aspect ratio
nanoparticles (HARN) via inhalation. Sophisticated, multi-cellular in vitro models are a …

Gender differences in murine pulmonary responses elicited by cellulose nanocrystals

AA Shvedova, ER Kisin, N Yanamala… - Particle and fibre …, 2015 - Springer
Background Cellulose-based materials have been used for centuries to manufacture
different goods derived from forestry and agricultural sources. In the growing field of …

Melt processing of polyamide 12 and cellulose nanocrystals nanocomposites

A Nicharat, J Sapkota, C Weder… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The fabrication of nanocomposites of polyamide 12 (PA12) and cellulose nanocrystals
(CNCs) isolated from cotton and tunicates is reported. Through a comparative study that …

Fate of cellulose nanocrystal aerosols deposited on the lung cell surface in vitro

C Endes, S Mueller, C Kinnear, D Vanhecke… - …, 2015 - ACS Publications
When considering the inhalation of high-aspect ratio nanoparticles (HARN), the
characterization of their specific interaction with lung cells is of fundamental importance to …

Repeated exposure to carbon nanotube-based aerosols does not affect the functional properties of a 3D human epithelial airway model

S Chortarea, MJD Clift, D Vanhecke, C Endes… - …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) represent one of the most promising engineered nanomaterials,
with possible applications in advanced engineering and biomedical technologies. During …