On the mineralization of nanocellulose to produce functional hybrid materials

Abstract

Nanocellulose (NC)-based materials constitute a new class of bio-based building blocks that are inspiring advances for the next generation of high-performance sustainable materials. However, NC exhibits important drawbacks that should...

Organized mineralized cellulose nanostructures for biomedical applications

“…The biomimetic hierarchical architectures are the key path towards the optimal expression of minerals and cellulose properties, and beyond functionalities owing to their synergistic toughening mechanisms. However, existing reviews rarely systematically discuss the related design and fabrication principles based on organized mineralized cellulose structures, 28,29,30 thus this review has been written to address this issue. We summarized the chemistry and nanostructure characteristics of cellulose at multi-length scale and discussed how these favorable characteristics regulate the bio-inspired mineralization process for manufacturing desired highly ordered nanostructured biocomposites at multiple dimensions.…”

Nanocellulose/Nanodiamond Hybrids: A Review

“…While in most of these applications, nanocellulose acts as filler or modifier for polymeric or non-polymeric matrices, it can also serve as a dispersing agent or matrix. Hybrid materials, which are organic-inorganic materials assembled at the nanometer or molecular level, have shown remarkable advances in the last decades due to the progress in nanotechnology [22,23]. Nanocellulose, unmodified or surface-modified by various chemical routes, may be coupled with different metals, metal oxides or carbon nanomaterials with the formation of multifunctional hybrids [24].…”

“…The special interest given to this material is due to its reduced thickness, low weight, high specific surface area, optical transparency, excellent electrical and thermal conductivity, and particularly high modulus of elasticity, of approximately 1060 GPa [29]. In particular, aerogels obtained from 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO)-oxidized CNFs and graphene showed a Hybrid materials, which are organic-inorganic materials assembled at the nanometer or molecular level, have shown remarkable advances in the last decades due to the progress in nanotechnology [22,23]. Nanocellulose, unmodified or surface-modified by various chemical routes, may be coupled with different metals, metal oxides or carbon nanomaterials with the formation of multifunctional hybrids [24].…”