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ReviewNano-micro letters2020

A Review on Surface-Functionalized Cellulosic Nanostructures as Biocompatible Antibacterial Materials.

Mandana Tavakolian, Seid Mahdi Jafari, Theo G M van de Ven

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Review in Nano-micro letters, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
57citing papers in PubMed
12.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 285 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mandana TavakolianDepartment of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C5, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8219-9185
Seid Mahdi JafariDepartment of Food Materials and Process Design Engineering, Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran. smjafari@gau.ac.ir.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6877-9549
Theo G M van de VenPulp and Paper Research Center, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C7, Canada. theo.vandeven@mcgill.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9936-3121
Canadian Sleep & Circadian Network · CAGorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources · IRMcGill University Health Centre · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the most abundant biopolymer on the earth, cellulose has recently gained significant attention in the development of antibacterial biomaterials. Biodegradability, renewability, strong mechanical properties, tunable aspect ratio, and low density offer tremendous possibilities for the use of cellulose in various fields. Owing to the high number of reactive groups (i.e., hydroxyl groups) on the cellulose surface, it can be readily functionalized with various functional groups, such as aldehydes, carboxylic acids, and amines, leading to diverse properties. In addition, the ease of surface modification of cellulose expands the range of compounds which can be grafted onto its structure, such as proteins, polymers, metal nanoparticles, and antibiotics. There are many studies in which cellulose nano-/microfibrils and nanocrystals are used as a support for antibacterial agents. However, little is known about the relationship between cellulose chemical surface modification and its antibacterial activity or biocompatibility. In this study, we have summarized various techniques for surface modifications of cellulose nanostructures and its derivatives along with their antibacterial and biocompatibility behavior to develop non-leaching and durable antibacterial materials. Despite the high effectiveness of surface-modified cellulosic antibacterial materials, more studies on their mechanism of action, the relationship between their properties and their effectivity, and more in vivo studies are required.

Indexed as

Antibacterial activityBiocompatibilityCelluloseNanocelluloseSurface modification

Identifiers

PMID34138290
PMCPMC7770792
OpenAlexW3030136765

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