Widespread concerns over the impact of human activity on the environment have resulted in
a desire to replace artificial functional materials with naturally derived alternatives. As such …

Recent developments in the area of plant‐based hydrogels are introduced, especially those
derived from wood as a widely available, multiscale, and hierarchical source of …

By controlling the interaction of biological building blocks at the nanoscale, natural photonic
nanostructures have been optimized to produce intense coloration. Inspired by such …

Liquid crystals (LCs) are omnipresent in living matter, whose chirality is an elegant and
distinct feature in certain plant tissues, the cuticles of crabs, beetles, arthropods, and …

Polysaccharides constitute over 90% of the carbohydrate mass in nature, which makes them
a promising feedstock for manufacturing sustainable materials. Polysaccharide particles …

Nanocellulose, with its high aspect ratio, large specific surface area, favourable modifiability,
high mechanical strength, renewability, and biodegradability, has attracted significant …

Noble metal nanoparticles loaded smart polymer microgels have gained much attention due
to fascinating combination of their properties in a single system. These hybrid systems have …

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) is one of the outstanding nano-material. So far, much
researcher nowadays has been developed their applications. It acquires several properties …

We report a nanocolloidal hydrogel that combines the advantages of molecular hydrogels
and nanoparticle-based scavengers of heavy metal ions. The hydrogel was formed by the …

Hybrid nanoparticles composed of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and carbon‐dots (C‐dots)
have promising applications in chemistry, biology, and nanomedicine, owing to the …