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ReviewNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Cellulose-Based Nanoparticles Processed from Agricultural Waste Biomass-A Review.

Shadrack Mubanga Chisenga, Francis Collins Muga, Olabisi Mariam Okesola, Jones Yengwe, Haibao Liu, Peter Kaluba, Alice Mutiti Mweetwa, Zizikazi Sodzidzi

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Review in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

8 authors.

Shadrack Mubanga ChisengaDepartment of Land Management, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka P.O. Box 32379, Zambia.
Francis Collins MugaDepartment of Agricultural and Rural Engineering, Faculty of Science Engineering and Agriculture, University of Venda, Thohoyandou 5050, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-9359-7920
Olabisi Mariam OkesolaSchool of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK.ORCID 0009-0009-0564-2575
Jones YengweDepartment of Land Management, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka P.O. Box 32379, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0001-6849-042X
Haibao LiuSchool of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3215-8286
Peter KalubaDepartment of Land Management, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka P.O. Box 32379, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0001-7443-757X
Alice Mutiti MweetwaDepartment of Land Management, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka P.O. Box 32379, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0001-5888-8223
Zizikazi SodzidziDepartment of Agricultural and Rural Engineering, Faculty of Science Engineering and Agriculture, University of Venda, Thohoyandou 5050, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-2413-3997

Funding

The Royal Society (UK) International ICAO\R1\241143.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nanoparticles processed from non-edible crop materials and residues have evoked great use in the food and non-food industry. The diversity in agricultural waste biomass and differences in extraction techniques account for variations in end-product properties, and would require examination of waste crop types (source) to determine suitability for the production of cellulose, nanocellulose and graphene particles. This review showed that screening criteria of end-user properties include chemical composition, cellulose contents, morphology, crystallinity, thermal stability, rheology, surface charge and zeta potential. The literature shows that the end-user properties vary with plant source (that is crop type) and extraction techniques. In this review, the cellulose content and percentage crystallinity are primary parameters for selecting agricultural waste biomass for the production of nanocellulose and nanofibrils. Additionally, zeta potential and surface charge can determine polymer interaction for suitability in industrial applications. Moreover, nanocellulose and biochar were found to have various industrial applications as ingredients in the production of food packaging including active packaging, rheological modifiers and thickeners. Pyrolysis is the eminent strategy for the transformation of agricultural waste into biochar-derived nanoparticles and carbon-rich materials.

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carbonized particlescellulosecrystallinitylignocellulosenanocelluloserheologythermal decompositionwaste biomasszeta potential

Identifiers

PMID41893261
PMCPMC13028914

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