CELLULOSIC NANOCOMPOSITES: A REVIEW

By M. Hubbe, Orlando J. Rojas, L. Lucia, M. Sain. 2008

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Because of their wide abundance, their renewable and environmentally benign nature, and their outstanding mechanical properties, a great deal of attention has been paid recently to cellulosic nanofibrillar structures as components in nanocomposites. A first major challenge has been to find efficient ways to liberate cellulosic fibrils from different source materials, including wood, agricultural residues, or bacterial cellulose. A second major challenge has involved the lack of compatibility of cellulosic surfaces with a variety of plastic materials. The water-swellable nature of cellulose, especially in its non-crystalline regions, also can be a concern in various composite materials. This review of recent work shows that considerable progress has been achieved in addressing these issues and that there is potential to use cellulosic nano-components in a wide range of high-tech applications.

Subfields: Biomaterials, Polymers and Plastics

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Morphological investigation of nanoparticles obtained from combined mechanical shearing, and enzymatic and acid hydrolysis of sisal fibers (2010, background): “Cellulose, the most abundant biopolymer on Earth, is a structural component biosynthesized as microfibrils by a number of living organisms (Hubbe et al. 2008; Bhat and Bhat 1997).”
Nanofibrillation of pulp fibers by twin-screw extrusion (2015, neutral): “The fibrillation of cellulose fibers into NFC is generally done by mechanical, chemical, or enzymatic treatments and combinations thereof (Henriksson et al. 2007, 2008; Hubbe et al. 2008; Iwamoto et al. 2007; Paakko et al. 2007; Zimmermann et al. 2005, 2010).”
Nanocomposites for food packaging applications (2009, background): “phobic matrices results frequently in weak filler–matrix interactions (Hubbe et al., 2008).”
State of the Art Manufacturing and Engineering of Nanocellulose: A Review of Available Data and Industrial Applications (2013, methodology): “) have been developed to improve CN dispersion and are summarized elsewhere [4,21].”
Drying cellulose nanofibrils: in search of a suitable method (2012, methodology): “…of cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) and their application as a reinforcing component in polymer composites has received considerable attention (Beecher 2007; Hubbe et al. 2008; Siro and Plackett 2010; Habibi et al. 2010; Eichhorn et al. 2010; Siqueira et al. 2010; Klemm et al. 2011; Moon et al. 2011).”
Dispersions of Aramid Nanofibers: A New Nanoscale Building Block (2011, neutral): “depending on the particular source (such as wood pulp)(24) of the macroscale version of the material and on the subsequent series of treatments.(24,25) Despite”
Extraction of cellulose whiskers from cassava bagasse and their applications as reinforcing agent in natural rubber (2010, background): “The general field of nanocellulose applications has been covered in recent reviews (Lima and Borsali, 2004; Azizi Samir et al., 2005; Berglund, 2005; Klemm et al., 2006; Kamel, 2007; Hubbe et al., 2008).”
Production of nanocrystalline cellulose from lignocellulosic biomass: technology and applications. (2013, background): “…are both limiting nd enabling with regard to potential applications, and some ssues have been reviewed (Dufresne, 2008; Habibi et al., 2010; ubbe et al., 2008; Moon et al., 2011; Siquera, Bras, et al., 2010). n fact, thermal degradation of cellulose materials or the reduction lymers 94…”
Energy requirements for the disintegration of cellulose fibers into cellulose nanofibers (2012, methodology): “So far, existing methods (Henriksson et al. 2007; Herrick et al. 1983; Hubbe et al. 2008; Isogai et al. 2011; Siro and Plackett 2010; Turbak et al. 1983) make use of a considerable amount of mechanical energy to disrupt the fiber wall, a process that, in addition to other environmental…”