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Nanocellulose Materials and Composites for Emerging Applications

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There has never been a time, where the use of environmentally friendly or green materials is in high demand than now. From the perspective of environment conservation and sustainability, conscientious applications of materials with none/minimal deleterious effects on the human ecosystem are being pushed to the front burner. In this wise, nanocellulose materials or simply cellulose in nanostructured form have become green materials of huge interest owing to their intrinsic physicochemical properties. High aspect ratio, mechanical ruggedness, biocompatibility, non-toxic, high availability, and their multitudinous hydroxyl groups which can be easily tuned through various chemical reactions present nanocellulose as an attractive substrate for modern applications. In this chapter, we will present nanocellulose materials and composites for emerging applications. We started the chapter with a brief classification of nanocellulose materials into nanofibers and nanostructured materials. The nanofibers comprise cellulose nanofibrils, cellulose nanocrystal, and bacterial cellulose, while the nanostructured materials are made up of cellulose microcrystals or microcrystalline cellulose and cellulose microfibrils. A brief explanation on the preparation methods, properties, challenges, etc., encountered toward full exploitation of these materials is further provided. We showcased a gamut of areas, with huge applications of nanocellulose materials in modern technology, including formulation of stable Pickering emulsions, composites with Metal nanoparticles (MNPs), and application in anti-cancer, anti-fungal and antibacterial agents, film packaging materials fabrication, water purification, in electrospinning for sustainable fabrication of processable nanofibrous membranes and, finally, in biomedicine (wound healing and medical implant application).

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Abbreviations

NaOH:

Sodium hydroxide

HCl:

Hydrochloric acid

CaCl2:

Calcium chloride

HBr:

Hydrobromic acid

NaBH4:

Sodium borohydride

CNFs:

Cellulose nanofibrils

CNC:

Cellulose nanocrystals

MCC:

Cellulose microcrystals or Microcrystalline cellulose

BNC:

Bacterial cellulose

TEMPO:

2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxide

NaClO2:

Sodium chlorite

PVA:

Poly (vinyl alcohol)

H2SO4:

Hydrogen Tetra-oxo sulfate VI acid

AgNPs:

Silver nanoparticles

AuNPs:

Gold nanoparticles

CuNPs:

Copper nanoparticles

FeNPs:

Iron nanoparticles

PtNPs:

Platinum nanoparticles

PdNPs:

Palladium NPs

ZnO:

Zinc oxide

Fe2O3 NPs:

Iron oxide nanoparticles

TiO2 NPs:

Titanium oxide nanoparticles

PANI:

Polyaniline

GO:

Graphene oxide

4-NP:

4-Nitrophenol

4-AP:

4-Aminophenol

MO:

Methyl orange

MB:

Methylene blue

CR:

Congo Red

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