Comparison and assessment of methods for cellulose crystallinity determination

KS Salem, NK Kasera, MA Rahman… - Chemical Society …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The degree of crystallinity in cellulose significantly affects the physical, mechanical, and
chemical properties of cellulosic materials, their processing, and their final application …

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 …

Wood-derived materials for green electronics, biological devices, and energy applications

H Zhu, W Luo, PN Ciesielski, Z Fang, JY Zhu… - Chemical …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
With the arising of global climate change and resource shortage, in recent years, increased
attention has been paid to environmentally friendly materials. Trees are sustainable and …

Applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to crystallization

C **ouras, F Cameli, GL Quillo… - Chemical …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Artificial intelligence and specifically machine learning applications are nowadays used in a
variety of scientific applications and cutting-edge technologies, where they have a …

Progress and opportunities in the characterization of cellulose–an important regulator of cell wall growth and mechanics

S Rongpipi, D Ye, ED Gomez, EW Gomez - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
The plant cell wall is a dynamic network of several biopolymers and structural proteins
including cellulose, pectin, hemicellulose and lignin. Cellulose is one of the main load …

Cellulose polymorphy, crystallite size, and the Segal Crystallinity Index

AD French, M Santiago Cintrón - Cellulose, 2013‏ - Springer
The X-ray diffraction-based Segal Crystallinity Index (CI) was calculated for simulated
different sizes of crystallites for cellulose Iβ and II. The Mercury software was used, and …

Tailoring the yield and characteristics of wood cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) using concentrated acid hydrolysis

L Chen, Q Wang, K Hirth, C Baez, UP Agarwal, JY Zhu - Cellulose, 2015‏ - Springer
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) have recently received much attention in the global scientific
community for their unique mechanical and optical properties. Here, we conducted the first …

[HTML][HTML] Structural analysis of glucans

A Synytsya, M Novak - Annals of translational medicine, 2014‏ - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Glucans are most widespread polysaccharides in the nature. There is a large diversity in
their molecular weight and configuration depending on the original source. According to the …

Recent advances in qualitative and quantitative characterization of nanocellulose-reinforced nanocomposites: A review

F Garavand, M Nooshkam, D Khodaei, S Yousefi… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Nanocellulose has received immense consideration owing to its valuable inherent traits and
impressive physicochemical properties such as biocompatibility, thermal stability, non …