Advances in Nanostructured Cellulose-based Biomaterials

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Advances in Nanostructured Cellulose-based Biomaterials

   • Neftali L. V. Carreño, Ananda M. Barbosa, Bruno S. Noremberg, Mabel M. S. Salas, Susana C. M. Fernandes, Jalel Labidi

   Pages 1-32

3. Back Matter

   Pages 33-37

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This book provides an overview of the advances on nanostructured celullose from different obtaining forms: natural plants and bacterial microorganisms. It gives the reader an introduction of cellulose focusing in nanosize particles, its potential applications and future perspectives. The potential use of cellulose in the biomedical field is highlighted.

• Artificial Organs
• Bacterial cellulose
• Cellulose Nanofibers
• Nanosctructured Cellulose
• Skin care

“This is a very important, valuable and concise contribution that ought to be read by all researchers and engineers, new to the field or veterans, who seek a broad understanding of the cellulose focusing on the nanosize world.” (Bogdan Marian Tofanica, Cellulose Chemistry and Technology, Vol. 53 (3 – 4), 2019)

• Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas - RS, Brazil

  Neftali L V Carreño, Ananda M Barbosa

• Center, Federal University of Pelotas, Graduate Prgm in Sci & Mat.Tech. Devpl, Center, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

  Bruno S. Noremberg

• Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Juiz de Fora Graduate Program in Dentistry, Pelotas - RS, Brazil

  Mabel M. S. Salas

• Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de, CNRS/Univ Pau & Pays Adour Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de, Stockholm, France

  Susana C M Fernandes

• University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian, Spain

  Jalel Labidi

Neftali Lenin Villarreal Carreño is an Associate Professor at Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil. His reseach lines/area include nanomaterials, polymer composites, biomaterials, catalysis and carbon nanostructured surfaces.

Mabel Miluska Suca Salas is a postdoctoral fellow at the Federal University of Pelotas. Her main research lines/areas include biomaterials, tissue engineering and public health.

Ananda Morais Barbosa is a PhD student Federal University of Pelotas. She works on engineered nanomaterials for biomedical applications.

Susana C. M. Fernandes is a senior researcher at the Royal Institution of Technology in Stockholm. Her main research lines/areas include (i) extraction, characterization and valorisation of biomolecules from oceanic biomass; (ii) introduction of new functionalities by chemico-enzymatic modification to sugar-based biopolymers; (iii) cellulose and chitin nano-objects for sustainable bioactive templates design with advanced mechanical properties and functionalities.

Jalel Labidi is a Senior research scientist at the University of the Basque Country (Spain). His main research lines/areas include extraction, characterization and valorisation of biomolecules from biomass;  biocomposites, cellulose based materials and biorefinery processes.

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