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ReviewPolymers2023

Harnessing Nature's Ingenuity: A Comprehensive Exploration of Nanocellulose from Production to Cutting-Edge Applications in Engineering and Sciences.

Abd Ghafar Nurhanis Sofiah, Jagadeesh Pasupuleti, Mahendran Samykano, Kumaran Kadirgama, Siaw Paw Koh, Sieh Kieh Tiong, Adarsh Kumar Pandey, Chong Tak Yaw, Sendhil Kumar Natarajan

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Review in Polymers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Abd Ghafar Nurhanis SofiahInstitute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang 43000, Selangor, Malaysia.
Jagadeesh PasupuletiInstitute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang 43000, Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-6961-2035
Mahendran SamykanoCentre for Research in Advanced Fluid and Processes, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Gambang 26300, Pahang, Malaysia.
Kumaran KadirgamaCentre for Research in Advanced Fluid and Processes, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Gambang 26300, Pahang, Malaysia.
Siaw Paw KohInstitute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang 43000, Selangor, Malaysia.
Sieh Kieh TiongInstitute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang 43000, Selangor, Malaysia.
Adarsh Kumar PandeyResearch Centre for Nano-Materials and Energy Technology (RCNMET), School of Science and Technology, Sunway University, No. 5, Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya 47500, Selangor, Malaysia.
Chong Tak YawInstitute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang 43000, Selangor, Malaysia.
Sendhil Kumar NatarajanSolar Energy Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Puducherry, University of Puducherry, Karaikal 609609, India.

Funding

Universiti Tenaga Nasional J510050002-IC-6 BOLDREFRESH2025-Centre of Excellence
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary material supply is the heart of engineering and sciences. The depletion of natural resources and an increase in the human population by a billion in 13 to 15 years pose a critical concern regarding the sustainability of these materials; therefore, functionalizing renewable materials, such as nanocellulose, by possibly exploiting their properties for various practical applications, has been undertaken worldwide. Nanocellulose has emerged as a dominant green natural material with attractive and tailorable physicochemical properties, is renewable and sustainable, and shows biocompatibility and tunable surface properties. Nanocellulose is derived from cellulose, the most abundant polymer in nature with the remarkable properties of nanomaterials. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the methods used for nanocellulose preparation, structure-property and structure-property correlations, and the application of nanocellulose and its nanocomposite materials. This article differentiates the classification of nanocellulose, provides a brief account of the production methods that have been developed for isolating nanocellulose, highlights a range of unique properties of nanocellulose that have been extracted from different kinds of experiments and studies, and elaborates on nanocellulose potential applications in various areas. The present review is anticipated to provide the readers with the progress and knowledge related to nanocellulose. Pushing the boundaries of nanocellulose further into cutting-edge applications will be of particular interest in the future, especially as cost-effective commercial sources of nanocellulose continue to emerge.

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bacterial nanocellulosecellulose nanocrystalscellulose nanofibrilsenergy storagenanocellulose

Identifiers

PMID37514434
PMCPMC10385464

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