Cellulose - Special Issue: Nanocellulose - Characterization, Production and Use

Guest Editors:

María Evangelina Vallejos, Marc Delgado-Aguilar and Luiz Pereira Ramos

Electron micrographs of nanocrystalline (left) and nanofibrillar (right) and their respective gel forms

Editorial

In the last century, many efforts have been paid to the development of environmentally friendly materials. Among these, nanocellulose and its derivatives deserve special mention due to their outstanding chemical, physical and mechanical properties.

This virtual issue presents research on nanocellulose related to the Workshop entitled "Advances in the production and application of nanocellulose”, which was held during the “2nd International Workshop on Biorefinery of Lignocellulosic Materials” (WBLCM 2019) in Córdoba, Spain (June 4-7^th, 2019).

Find out more in the editoral article by our guest editors.

Review Articles

The current status of the enzyme-mediated isolation and functionalization of nanocelluloses: production, properties, techno-economics, and opportunities (this opens in a new tab) Valdeir Arantes, Isabella K. R. Dias, Gabriela L. Berto, Bárbara Pereira, Braz S. Marotti & Carlaile F. O. Nogueira
Disruptive enzyme-based strategies to isolate nanocelluloses: a review (this opens in a new tab) Cleverton L. Pirich, Guilherme F. Picheth, André M. Fontes, Marc Delgado-Aguilar & Luiz P. Ramos
Effect of lignin and hemicellulose on the properties of lignocellulose nanofibril suspensions (this opens in a new tab) Gregory Albornoz-Palma, Daniel Ching, Oscar Valerio, Regis Teixeira Mendonça & Miguel Pereira
Drying and redispersion of plant cellulose nanofibers for industrial applications: a review (this opens in a new tab) P. Posada, J. Velásquez-Cock, C. Gómez-Hoyos, A. M. Serpa Guerra, S. V. Lyulin, J. M. Kenny, P. Gañán, C. Castro & R. Zuluaga
On the toxicity of cellulose nanocrystals and nanofibrils in animal and cellular models (this opens in a new tab) Célia Ventura, Fátima Pinto, Ana Filipa Lourenço, Paulo J. T. Ferreira, Henriqueta Louro & Maria João Silva

Original Research

Production

Obtaining cellulose nanocrystals from pineapple crown fibers by free-chlorite hydrolysis with sulfuric acid: physical, chemical and structural characterization (this opens in a new tab)

Paulo Henrique Fernandes Pereira, Heitor Luiz Ornaghi Júnior, Luana Venâncio Coutinho, Benoit Duchemin & Maria Odila Hilário Cioffi

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Oxidative treatments for cellulose nanofibers production: a comparative study between TEMPO-mediated and ammonium persulfate oxidation (this opens in a new tab)

Inese Filipova, Ferran Serra, Quim Tarrés, Pere Mutjé & Marc Delgado-Aguilar

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Characterization

Use of multi-factorial analysis to determine the quality of cellulose nanofibers: effect of nanofibrillation treatment and residual lignin content (this opens in a new tab)

Eduardo Espinosa, Fleur Rol, Julien Bras & Alejandro Rodríguez

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Understanding important aspects of spray drying microfibrillated cellulose through statistical analysis (this opens in a new tab)

Renan Nardi, Marcos Henrique Luciano Silveira & Germano Siqueira

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A reproducible method to characterize the bulk morphology of Cellulose Nanocrystals and Nanofibers by Transmission Electron Microscopy (this opens in a new tab)

Cristina Campano, Ana Balea, Ángeles Blanco & Carlos Negro

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Modification

Phosphorylated cellulose nanofibers exhibit exceptional capacity for uranium capture (this opens in a new tab)

Janika Lehtonen, Jukka Hassinen, Avula Anil Kumar, Leena-Sisko Johansson, Roni Mäenpää, Nikolaos Pahimanolis, Thalappil Pradeep, Olli Ikkala & Orlando J. Rojas

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Hydrophobic modification of bacterial cellulose using oxygen plasma treatment and chemical vapor deposition (this opens in a new tab)

Salomé Leal, Cecília Cristelo, Sara Silvestre, Elvira Fortunato, Aureliana Sousa, Anabela Alves, D. M. Correia, S. Lanceros-Mendez & Miguel Gama

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Applications

Medical

Influence of bacterial nanocellulose surface modification on calcium phosphates precipitation for bone tissue engineering (this opens in a new tab)

A. Cañas-Gutiérrez, E. Martinez-Correa, D. Suárez-Avendaño, D. Arboleda-Toro & C. Castro-Herazo

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Biomimetics of microducts in three-dimensional bacterial nanocellulose biomaterials for soft tissue regenerative medicine (this opens in a new tab)

M. Osorio, E. Martinez, T. V. Kooten, P. Gañán, T. Naranjo, I. Ortiz & C. Castro

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Low cost membrane of wood nanocellulose obtained by mechanical defibrillation for potential applications as wound dressing (this opens in a new tab)

Francine Ceccon Claro, Caroline Jordão, Bruno Massa de Viveiros, Luciano José Eigio Isaka, José Ademar Villanova Junior & Washington Luiz Esteves Magalhães

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Paper

Cellulose micro and nanofibrils as coating agent for improved printability in office papers (this opens in a new tab) Ana F. Lourenço, José A. F. Gamelas, Pedro Sarmento & Paulo J. T. Ferreira
Industrial application of orange tree nanocellulose as papermaking freinforcement agent (this opens in a new tab) Eduardo Espinosa, Rafael Isaías Arrebola, Isabel Bascón-Villegas, Mónica Sánchez-Gutiérrez, Juan Domínguez-Robles & Alejandro Rodríguez
Lignocellulosic nanofibers for the reinforcement of brown line paper in industrial water systems (this opens in a new tab) Quim Tarrés, María Cristina Area, María Evangelina Vallejos, Nanci Vanesa Ehman, Marc Delgado-Aguilar & Pere Mutjé
Effect of nanofiber addition on the physical–mechanical properties of chemimechanical pulp handsheets for packaging (this opens in a new tab) Nanci V. Ehman, Fernando E. Felissia, Quim Tarrés, María E. Vallejos, Marc Delgado-Aguilar, Pere Mutjé & María Cristina Area

Composite

Strong silica-nanocellulose anisotropic composite foams combine low thermal conductivity and low moisture uptake (this opens in a new tab) Pierre Munier, Varvara Apostolopoulou-Kalkavoura, Michael Persson & Lennart Bergström
Thermal characterization and lifetime prediction of the PHBV/nanocellulose biocomposites using different kinetic approaches (this opens in a new tab) Kelly Cristina Coelho de Carvalho Benini, Heitor Luiz Ornaghi Jr., Nicole Morabito de Medeiros, Paulo Henrique Fernandes Pereira & Maria Odila Hilário Cioffi
A sequential design approach for in situ incorporation of cellulose nanocrystals in emulsion-based pressure sensitive adhesives (this opens in a new tab) Amir Saeid Pakdel, Vida Gabriel, Richard M. Berry, Carole Fraschini, Emily D. Cranston & Marc A. Dubé
Different degree of fibrillation: strategy to reduce permeability in nanocellulose-starch films (this opens in a new tab) Elaine C. Lengowski, Eraldo A. Bonfatti Júnior, Leonardo Simon, Graciela I. B. de Muñiz, Alan S. de Andrade, Silvana Nisgoski & Umberto Klock
Lightweight, flexible, and multifunctional anisotropic nanocellulose-based aerogels for CO2 adsorption (this opens in a new tab) Jiayuan Wei, Shiyu Geng, Jonas Hedlund & Kristiina Oksman
Cocoa shell: an industrial by-product for the preparation of suspensions of holocellulose nanofibers and fat (this opens in a new tab) C. Gómez Hoyos, P. Mazo Márquez, L. Penagos Vélez, A. Serpa Guerra, A. Eceiza, L. Urbina, J. Velásquez-Cock, P. Gañán Rojo, L. Vélez Acosta & R. Zuluag