Cellulose and the role of hydrogen bonds: not in charge of everything

M Wohlert, T Benselfelt, L Wågberg, I Furó… - Cellulose, 2022 - Springer
In the cellulose scientific community, hydrogen bonding is often used as the explanation for
a large variety of phenomena and properties related to cellulose and cellulose based …

Nanocellulose: a review on preparation routes and applications in functional materials

Y Qi, Y Guo, AA Liza, G Yang, MH Sipponen, J Guo… - Cellulose, 2023 - Springer
Nanocellulose has a wide range of applications in the field of functional materials, and it has
piqued the interest of researchers for some time. This is because nanocellulose inherits the …

Edible, ultrastrong, and microplastic‐free bacterial cellulose‐based straws by biosynthesis

HB Yang, ZX Liu, CH Yin, ZM Han… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The widespread use of disposable plastic straws cause serious environmental problems
and poses potential threats to human health, while paper straws, their most used …

Edible films for cultivated meat production

N **ang, Y Yao, JSK Yuen Jr, AJ Stout, C Fennelly… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Biomaterial scaffolds are critical components in cultivated meat production for enabling cell
adhesion, proliferation, differentiation and orientation. Currently, there is limited information …

Engineering Strong Man-Made Cellulosic Fibers: A Review of Wet Spinning Process Based on Cellulose Nanofibrils

Z Zhang, Y Kong, J Gao, X Han, Z Lian, J Liu, W Wang… - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Under the goal of sustainable development, manufacturing continuous high-performance
fibers based on sustainable resources is one emerging research direction. However …

Nanocelluloses as new generation materials: Natural resources, structure-related properties, engineering nanostructures, and technical challenges

A Barhoum, VK Rastogi, BK Mahur, A Rastogi… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Valorization of cellulosic biomass by processing it into functional nanoscale building blocks
enables more sustainable use of resources and an expansion of its potential applications …

Sustainable route to prepare functional lignin-containing cellulose nanofibrils

K **, D Zhang, B Pan, KH Lim, T Abitbol… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
With nano-dimension, high aspect ratio, and high mechanical properties, cellulose
nanofibrils (CNFs) are emerging sustainable nanomaterials with potential applications in …

Eco-friendly cellulose nanofibrils with high surface charge and aspect ratio for nanopaper films with ultrahigh toughness and folding endurance

D Zhang, K **, KH Lim, S Jie, WJ Wang, X Yang - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) are a class of emerging sustainable nanomaterial. Among all
their advantages, their high surface charge offers high colloidal stability, while their higher …

Nanocellulose-based hollow fibers for advanced water and moisture management

P Niu, H Mao, KH Lim, Q Wang, WJ Wang, X Yang - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Natural plant fibers such as cotton have favorable performance in water and moisture
management; however, they suffer from inferior processing ability due to limited diameter …

Plant cellulose nanofiber-derived structural material with high-density reversible interaction networks for plastic substitute

QF Guan, HB Yang, ZM Han, ZC Ling, KP Yang… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Ubiquitous petrochemical-based plastics pose a potential threat to ecosystems. In response,
bioderived and degradable polymeric materials are being developed, but their mechanical …