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A Mini Review on Current Advancement in Application of Bacterial Cellulose in Pulp and Paper Industry

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Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a nano-biomaterial which is environment friendly and has gained attention in pulp and paper industry. The reason behind its popularity lies in its stout physical properties. BC has high water retention capacity, chemically and mechanically stable, biocompatible, crystalline, ultrafine network structure and has large surface area. The composition of BC consists of glucan molecules arranged linearly with hydrogen bonds. This structure seems indistinguishable from plant cellulose. Unlike other conventional, synthetic or natural cellulose, BC functions well in the field of biomedicine, paper making, nanofillers, water treatment etc. due to its above-mentioned properties. Pulp and Paper industry is one of the sectors where sustainable and environment friendly approach becomes the prime need. Potential application of BC in paper industry can include strengthening of paper, increase water holding capacity of paper, formation of electronic papers and in making of flame-resistant paper. In this review potential applications, current status and physicochemical properties of BC in pulp and paper technology are discussed.

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We gratefully acknowledge Director, CPPRI Saharanpur for providing necessary support.

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  1. Central Pulp and Paper Research Institute, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Anuradha Janbade, Saher Zaidi, Mudita Vats, Nitin Kumar, Jitender Dhiman & M. K. Gupta

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Chitkara University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India

    Varinder S. Kanwar

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India

    Sanjay K. Sharma

  3. Department of Geography, School of Earth Sciences, Assam University, Diphu Campus (A Central University), Karbi Anglong, Assam, India

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Janbade, A., Zaidi, S., Vats, M., Kumar, N., Dhiman, J., Gupta, M.K. (2022). A Mini Review on Current Advancement in Application of Bacterial Cellulose in Pulp and Paper Industry. In: Kanwar, V.S., Sharma, S.K., Prakasam, C. (eds) Proceedings of International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Clean and Sustainable Development (ICITCSD – 2021). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93936-6_36

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