New Advances in the Structure, Performance and Chemical Functionalization of Cellulose
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 July 2024) | Viewed by 7189
Special Issue Editor
Interests: chemical modification of natural polymers; bacterial cellulose; zwitterionic functionalization of cellulose and starch; solid-state NMR; chemical structure and interactions in biopolymers and materials; dye adsorption in ionic cellulose devices; hybrid materials; chemical compatibilization of cellulose
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cellulose is one of the most widely used natural polymers in the development of bio-based materials due to its clear advantages, such as renewability, profitability, and undeniable intrinsic chemical and physical properties. According to the new trends in cellulose research, these characteristics can be manipulated through culture conditions in bacterial cellulose or chemical functionalization of its OH groups in commercial cellulose from wood or cotton. Any change in cellulose confers novel properties that are suitable for achieving enhanced or a wider variety of applications.
Nowadays, this polysaccharide has a broader scope of applications related to medicine and pharmacy (i.e., biomaterials such as scaffolds and drug delivery devices), biotechnology, the environment (i.e., enzyme and cell immobilization, removal of hazardous waste from aqueous media), chemistry and physical chemistry (i.e., adhesives and separation devices), material design (i.e., biocomposites and membranes), etc.
This Special Issue, entitled "New Advances in the Structure, Performance and Chemical Functionalization of Cellulose," is open to contributions that address the most recent cellulose research in terms of cellulose functionalization; bacterial cellulose; chemical and structural modification and characterization; moiety interactions in modified cellulose; and its application as biodegradable materials and biomaterials, in separation devices, and in biocomposites.
Dr. Ricardo Manríquez-González
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cellulose functionalization
- ionic and zwitterionic cellulose
- cellulose in biomaterials
- cellulose as an adsorbent
- bacterial cellulose
- separation devices
- chemical and structural characterization
- structural modification
- moiety interactions in modified cellulose
- cellulose in biocomposites.
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