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Applications of nanocellulose and its derivatives in developing sustainable textiles

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Nanocellulose (NC) has been extensively researched for its diverse applications due to its inherent properties, natural availability, biodegradability, and non-toxicity. Biomass-derived NC is an appealing renewable material for replacing non-biodegradable petrochemical products in developing sustainable textiles. However, the textile industry must be able to adequately explore its potential applications in the textile sector. The textile industry produces global and diversified products with specific physicochemical properties that find applications in various facets of our lives. Therefore, it is essential to understand the structure–function relationship between textile substrates and NC and to adapt NC-based renewable approaches for sustainable materials to meet the growing demand and specific end uses of textile products. In this context, the primary aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive summary of recent research findings on NC applications in enhancing the textile wet processing performances, reinforcing fibres, imparting functional properties and coatings, dye adsorption from wastewater, etc. In addition, we highlighted current challenges and promising opportunities for developing functionalized NC to improve the cost-effectiveness and sustainability of textiles. The emergence of NC could expand the scope of green and sustainable nanomaterials in textile applications.

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© 2020 The Authors. Published by Wiley‐VCH GmbH, Overview of elastic modulus vs tensile strength of various cellulose nanomaterial (CN) − polymer filaments (b), adapted with permission from (Chen et al. 2014) Copyright © 2014 American Chemical Society, Schematic illustration of wet-spinning of benzophenone-modified cellulose nanofibrils (BP-CNFs) activated via EDC/NHS conjugation to introduce antihemoglobin (anti-Hb) on the surface that can be used in detection and reporting of haemoglobin (Hb), demonstrated with FITC-labeled anti-Hb (c), adapted with permission from (Vuoriluoto et al. 2017) Copyright© 2017 American Chemical Society, Schematic illustration of the process for fabrication of regenerated casein − nanocellulose composite fibres via wet spinning (d), adapted with permission from (Nechyporchuk and Köhnke 2019) Copyright © 2018 American Chemical Society

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© 2022 The Authors. ChemPlusChem published by Wiley–VCH GmbH., the micrographs of the original yarn (h), the yarn sized by PVA and starch (i), and the yarn sized by nanocellulose (j), adapted with permission from (Zhou et al. 2022), Copyright © 2022 Elsevier B.V

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© 2019 American Chemical Society, SEM images of the knotted TCNFs/ CNT fibre and sensing mechanism of the TCNFs/ CNT fibre (b), adapted with permission from (Cho et al. 2019), Copyright© 2019 American Chemical Society, Environmental friendly NC reinforced polymer composite (c), adapted with permission from (Chan et al. 2019) Copyright© The Author(s) 2019, Wet-spun of flame-retardant cellulosic fibres with interfacial complexation of cellulose nanofibrils with silica nanoparticles (d), adapted with permission from (Nechyporchuk et al. 2017) Copyright© 2017 American Chemical Society

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All authors contributed to this work. Santosh Shivaji Biranje and Ravindra V. Adivarekar conceived the project. Santosh Shivaji Biranje, Sujaan Kaushik, Dinesh Marewad, Ankita Yadav, Vaibhav Vhankundre, Mruga Panse, Ishwari Joshi, Aryan Goli wrote the paper. Santosh Shivaji Biranje, Mohammad Shahid, Kedar Kulkarni, Jun Liu, and Ravindra Adivarekar analyzed the data, revised the manuscript, and performed manuscript editing and final improvement.

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Biranje, S.S., Kaushik, S., Marewad, D. et al. Applications of nanocellulose and its derivatives in developing sustainable textiles. Cellulose (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-024-05935-4

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