Preparation of Cellulose-Metal Composites - A New Nanotechnological Process for Polysaccharides

Natural carbon nanoprecursors for special utilization

“…Intercalation of metal particles to polymer matrices is mainly performed in solutions and gels of synthetic polymers [2]. The experiments of the replacement of the synthetic cellulose by natural insoluble polymer cellulose are realized in this research [2,3]. All processes on cellulose begin at the heterogeneous conditions at the surface and cause variable changes in the cellulose chemical composition and/or in supramolecular structure of the cell wall and at high degree of modification, in the entire structure [4].…”