Journal article
Patience is a virtue: self-assembly and physico-chemical properties of cellulose nanocrystal allomorphs
Abstract
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are bio-based rod-like nanoparticles with a quickly expanding market. Despite the fact that a variety of production routes and starting cellulose sources are employed, all industrially produced CNCs consist of cellulose I (CNC-I), the native crystalline allomorph of cellulose. Here a comparative study of the physico-chemical properties and liquid crystalline behavior of CNCs produced from cellulose II (CNC-II) and …
Authors
Delepierre G; Eyley S; Thielemans W; Weder C; Cranston ED; Zoppe JO
Journal
Nanoscale, Vol. 12, No. 33, pp. 17480–17493
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Publication Date
August 28, 2020
DOI
10.1039/d0nr04491a
ISSN
2040-3364