Recent developments on nanocellulose reinforced polymer nanocomposites: A review

H Kargarzadeh, M Mariano, J Huang, N Lin, I Ahmad… - Polymer, 2017 - Elsevier
The development of nanocellulose and nanocellulose-based composites and materials has
attracted significant interest in recent decades because they show unique and potentially …

Nanocellulose in emulsions and heterogeneous water‐based polymer systems: A review

SA Kedzior, VA Gabriel, MA Dubé… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nanocelluloses (ie, bacterial nanocellulose, cellulose nanocrystals, and cellulose
nanofibrils) are cellulose‐based materials with at least one dimension in the nanoscale …

[HTML][HTML] Eco-friendly polymer composites for green packaging: Future vision and challenges

H Moustafa, AM Youssef, NA Darwish… - Composites Part B …, 2019 - Elsevier
At present, renewable and biodegradable biocomposites materials have drawn much
attention as promising green materials in different domains of application such as intelligent …

Renewable cellulosic nanocomposites for food packaging to avoid fossil fuel plastic pollution: a review

U Qasim, AI Osman, AH Al-Muhtaseb, C Farrell… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
The extensive use of petroleum-based synthetic and non-biodegradable materials for
packaging applications has caused severe environmental damage. The rising demand for …

Potential applications of cellulose and chitosan nanoparticles/composites in wastewater treatment: a review

S Olivera, HB Muralidhara, K Venkatesh, VK Guna… - Carbohydrate …, 2016 - Elsevier
This work concerns the investigation of potential candidature of cellulose and chitosan–
based nano–sized materials for heavy metals and dyes removal. Cellulose and chitosan …

Bioinspired polymer systems with stimuli-responsive mechanical properties

L Montero de Espinosa, W Meesorn, D Moatsou… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Materials with switchable mechanical properties are widespread in living organisms and
endow many species with traits that are essential for their survival. Many of the mechanically …

Cellulose nanocrystals: chemistry, self-assembly, and applications

Y Habibi, LA Lucia, OJ Rojas - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
Cellulose constitutes the most abundant renewable polymer resource available today. As a
chemical raw material, it is generally well-known that it has been used in the form of fibers or …

The nanofication and functionalization of bacterial cellulose and its applications

SM Choi, EJ Shin - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Since economic and environmental issues have become critical in the last several years, the
amount of sustainable bio-based production has increased. In this article, microbial …

Cellulose nanowhiskers: promising materials for advanced applications

SJ Eichhorn - Soft Matter, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
This review covers the production, structure, properties and applications of nanowhiskers of
cellulose. It is shown that these nanowhiskers can be generated, from various plant sources …

Multifunctional bionanocomposite films of poly (lactic acid), cellulose nanocrystals and silver nanoparticles

E Fortunati, I Armentano, Q Zhou, A Iannoni… - Carbohydrate …, 2012 - Elsevier
Nanocomposite films were prepared by the addition of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs)
eventually surfactant modified (s-CNC) and silver (Ag) nanoparticles in the polylactic acid …