10-19-2018, 11:37 AM
Nanocellulose can also replace materials such as steel and carbon fibers :
Cellulose fibrillators are in dimensions of 5-20 nanometers in width and up to 2,000 nanometers in length.
Nanocellulose strength properties in class with steel but are biodegradable.
Nanocellulose reinforcement is found to be promising for mechanical and barrier properties of composite for biopolymer and synthetic polymer.
Cellulose is the primary constituent of the plant cell wall and can be extracted from a variety of sources, such as wood, bast fibers, grasses, seed fibers, marine animals,
algae, fungi, invertebrates, and bacteria. Besides cellulose, the plant cell wall also contains hemicellulose, lignin, and small amount of extractives. Although wood species are the main source of cellulose, nonwood plants are receiving increasing interest due to their cheap availability and lower lignin content
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Figure: Simplified structure of cellulose arrangement in hierarchical order from wood to cell wall and the structure of elementary fiber.
Source: Reproduce from Dufresne A. Nanocellulose: a new ageless bionanomaterial. Mater Today 2013
Cellulose fibrillators are in dimensions of 5-20 nanometers in width and up to 2,000 nanometers in length.
Nanocellulose strength properties in class with steel but are biodegradable.
Nanocellulose reinforcement is found to be promising for mechanical and barrier properties of composite for biopolymer and synthetic polymer.
Cellulose is the primary constituent of the plant cell wall and can be extracted from a variety of sources, such as wood, bast fibers, grasses, seed fibers, marine animals,
algae, fungi, invertebrates, and bacteria. Besides cellulose, the plant cell wall also contains hemicellulose, lignin, and small amount of extractives. Although wood species are the main source of cellulose, nonwood plants are receiving increasing interest due to their cheap availability and lower lignin content
Figure: Simplified structure of cellulose arrangement in hierarchical order from wood to cell wall and the structure of elementary fiber.
Source: Reproduce from Dufresne A. Nanocellulose: a new ageless bionanomaterial. Mater Today 2013