Bacterial cellulose hydrogel for sensors

X Pan, J Li, N Ma, X Ma, M Gao - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Biohydrogel–based flexible sensors have attracted enormous and growing attention for
personalized mobile equipment, human–machine interface units, wearable medical …

A comprehensive review on cellulose nanocrystals and cellulose nanofibers: Pretreatment, preparation, and characterization

KJ Nagarajan, NR Ramanujam, MR Sanjay… - Polymer …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Crafting ecological materials from green resources is posing a significant challenge for the
researchers and scientists around the globe and has resulted in the development of …

Current characterization methods for cellulose nanomaterials

EJ Foster, RJ Moon, UP Agarwal, MJ Bortner… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
A new family of materials comprised of cellulose, cellulose nanomaterials (CNMs), having
properties and functionalities distinct from molecular cellulose and wood pulp, is being …

Key advances in the chemical modification of nanocelluloses

Y Habibi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanocelluloses, including nanocrystalline cellulose, nanofibrillated cellulose and bacterial
cellulose nanofibers, have become fascinating building blocks for the design of new …

Nanocellulose bio-based composites for food packaging

FAGS Silva, F Dourado, M Gama, F Poças - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
The food industry is increasingly demanding advanced and eco-friendly sustainable
packaging materials with improved physical, mechanical and barrier properties. The …

Surface modification of bacterial cellulose aerogels' web-like skeleton for oil/water separation

H Sai, R Fu, L **ng, J **ang, Z Li, F Li… - ACS applied materials …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The cellulose nanofibers of bacterial cellulose aerogel (BCA) are modified only on their
surfaces using a trimethylsilylation reaction with trimethyichlorosilane in liquid phase …

Surface modification improves fabrication of pickering high internal phase emulsions stabilized by cellulose nanocrystals

QH Chen, J Zheng, YT Xu, SW Yin, F Liu, CH Tang - Food Hydrocolloids, 2018 - Elsevier
The high hydrophilicity of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) greatly limits their application in the
Pickering emulsion formulations. The work for the first time reports that a simple surface …

More than meets the eye in bacterial cellulose: biosynthesis, bioprocessing, and applications in advanced fiber composites

KY Lee, G Buldum, A Mantalaris… - Macromolecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial cellulose (BC) nanofibers are one of the stiffest organic materials produced by
nature. It consists of pure cellulose without the impurities that are commonly found in plant …

Enhancement of the fermentation process and properties of bacterial cellulose: a review

C Campano, A Balea, A Blanco, C Negro - Cellulose, 2016 - Springer
Cellulose produced by bacteria (BC) has attracted increasing interest in view of its superior
properties with respect to nanofibrillar structure, high purity and biocompatibility. Despite the …

Applications of bacterial cellulose as precursor of carbon and composites with metal oxide, metal sulfide and metal nanoparticles: A review of recent advances

ML Foresti, A Vázquez, B Boury - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2017 - Elsevier
This mini review is limited to very recent studies (last 5–10 years) on two major issues,
concerning: the production and physical/chemical modification of bacterial cellulose (BC) …