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Nanocellulose from Lignocellulosic Biomass: Synthesis

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Bacterial cellulose; Bio-based polymers; Lignocellulosic biomass; Nanocrystalline cellulose; Nanofibrillated cellulose; Pretreatment

Definition

The term “nanocellulose” describes the extracts or products derived from innate cellulose (present in plants, agro-residues, microbes, and animals) having one of its dimensions in nanometer range (1–100 nm).

Overview of Nanocellulose

With the emergence of environmental concerns and depletion of conventional energy resources, agricultural biomass has been considered as a potentially sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. Biomass is the world’s largest renewable energy potential resource which accounts for 220 billion dry tons of biomass per year. India has an annual biomass supply of around 500 million metric tons (Ramesh et al. 2019). Such a large volume of agro-residues represents an abundant resource for synthesis of bio-based products.

Bio-based polymers are gaining more attention due to the necessity to replace the existing...

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  1. Department of Renewable Energy Engineering, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India

    D. Praveen Kumar, V. Karuppasamy Vikraman, P. Komalabharathi, D. Ramesh & P. Subramanian

  2. Amrita School of Agricultural Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

    G. Boopathi

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Pattimura, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia

    Chinnappan Baskar

  2. Centre for Nanofibers & Nanotechnology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Seeram Ramakrishna

  3. Manufacturing and Civil Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Gvovik, Norway

    Angela Daniela La Rosa

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering: Center for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Amutha Chinnappan

  2. Research and Development Center, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, India

    Chinnappan Baskar

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Praveen Kumar, D., Karuppasamy Vikraman, V., Boopathi, G., Komalabharathi, P., Ramesh, D., Subramanian, P. (2022). Nanocellulose from Lignocellulosic Biomass: Synthesis. In: Baskar, C., Ramakrishna, S., Daniela La Rosa, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Green Materials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4921-9_5-1

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