Surface interaction at the biomaterial–cell interface is essential for a variety of cellular
functions, such as adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation. Nevertheless, changes in the …

There is an emerging quest for lightweight materials with excellent mechanical properties
and economic production, while still being sustainable and functionalizable. They could form …

Nanocellulose, a unique and promising natural material extracted from native cellulose, has
gained much attention for its use as biomedical material, because of its remarkable physical …

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 …

Natural polysaccharides from different sources have long been studied and widely used in
different areas, such as food and feed, medicine and pharmaceutics, and in papermaking. In …

Nanocellulose (NC) has lately appeared as a member of the major promising “green”
materials, garnering great attentiveness due to it's unique features. Several new materials …

Since the papyri, cellulose has played a significant role in human culture, especially as
paper. Nowadays, this ancient product has found new scientific applications in the …

Native plant cellulose has an intrinsic supramolecular structure. Consequently, it can be
isolated as nanocellulose species, which can be utilized as building blocks for renewable …

The oxidation of natural polysaccharides by TEMPO has become by now an “old chemical
reaction” which led to numerous studies mainly conducted on cellulose. This regioselective …

Cellulose nanofibrils (CNF), also known as nanofibrillar cellulose (NFC), are an advanced
biomaterial made mainly from renewable forest and agricultural resources that have …