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Cellulose nanocrystals: insights into the preparation and incorporation into new materials templates

, 2021
Defence is held on 8.10. 2021 12:00 – 15:00 https://aalto.zoom.us/j/64004385532This thesis is focused on a novel cellulose hydrolysis technique via gaseous HCl and on the utilization of that technique in building up different materials templates ...
Spiliopoulos, Panagiotis
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Sol-Gel Biotemplating Route with Cellulose Nanocrystals to Design Photocatalyst Boosting the Hydrogen Generation [PDF]

, 2020
Light harvesting capability and charge carriers lifetime play critical roles in determining the photoefficency of photocatalyst. Herein, a one-pot method is proposed to design mesostructured TiO2 materials by taking advantage of the ability of ...
mohamed-nawfal, ghazzal, Hynd, Remita, Abdelghani, Laachachi, cong, wand, Christophe, Colbeau-Justin, jian, li, Erwan, Paineau   +6 more
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Advanced Manufacturing of Composite‐Based Systems for Energy Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Advanced manufacturing enables the integration of polymers, ceramics, metal oxides, and composites into architected microstructures with tailored transport pathways. By coupling material selection, manufacturing strategy, and structural design, multifunctional energy systems can simultaneously improve electrochemical performance, thermal management ...
Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Dhanush Patil, Libin Yang, M. Taylor Sobczak, Anshul Kulkarni, Xiao Sun, Arunachalam Ramanathan, Tiantian Li, Ramaraja P. Ramasamy, Jason J. Locklin, Yanyu Chen, Xianqiao Wang, Arunachala Mada Kannan, Kenan Song   +13 more
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Electrodeposited zinc cellulose nanocrystals composite coatings: Morphology, structure, corrosion resistance and electrodeposition process

Journal of Materials Research and Technology
Nanoparticles, particularly ceramic, have been widely investigated as beneficial additives in electrodeposited zinc coatings. However, exploiting cellulose-based nanocrystals derived from plant sources is attractive due to their cost-effectiveness and ...
A.T. Cabral, A.R.G. Oliveira Junior, G.Y. Koga, I.C. Rigoli, C.L.F. Rocha, C.A.C. Souza   +5 more
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All-cellulose nanocomposite fibers produced by melt spinning cellulose acetate butyrate and cellulose nanocrystals

, 2014
Bio-based continuous fibers were prepared by melt spinning cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB), cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and triethyl citrate. A CNC organo-gel dispersion technique was used and the prepared materials (2 and 10 wt% CNC) were melt spun ...
Oksman, Kristiina,, Skrifvars, Mikael,, Oksman, Kristiina, Aitomäki, Yvonne, Hooshmand, Saleh,, Mathew, Aji P.,, Mathew, Ali, Hooshmand, Saleh, Aitomäki, Yvonne,   +8 more
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Hybrid Additive Manufacturing of Highly Stretchable Bottlebrush Polymer Nanocomposites by Decoupled Extrusion and Photopatterning

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A Hybrid Direct Ink Writing–Digital Light Processing (HDD) strategy decouples material extrusion from shape definition, enabling high‐fidelity additive manufacturing of highly viscous, yield‐stress polymer nanocomposites. Excess ink acts as a removable, self‐supporting scaffold, allowing fabrication of unsupported and embedded complex architectures ...
Shahryar Ramezani Bajgiran, Emmanuel Oduro, Daniel A. Rau, Li‐Heng Cai   +3 more
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Harnessing Phase Separation for the Development of High‐Performance Hydrogels

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hydrogels are indispensable for the development of next‐generation bioelectronics, soft robotics, and biomedical devices, where their mechanical properties determine performance and reliability. Among strategies to enhance hydrogel mechanics, phase separation enables controlled heterogeneity resulting in gel networks that are reinforced by ...
Yue Shao, Yiming Ma, Baihao Shao, Molly M. Stevens   +3 more
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Preparation and Characterization of High-purity Cellulose Nanocrystals Films by the Composite Enzymolysis of Cotton Pulp Fibers

BioResources, 2022
Using cotton pulp fibers as raw material, through composite enzymolysis and purification, two different forms of high-purity cellulose nanocrystals were obtained, namely spherical CNCs (SCNCs) and rod-like CNCs (RCNCs).
Yandi Zhang, Xiaoquan Chen, Wenhao Shen
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Recent Advances in Carbon Cathode Materials toward High‐Performing Zinc‐Ion Hybrid Supercapacitors

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Aqueous zinc‐ion hybrid supercapacitors (ZHSCs) have emerged as promising next‐generation electrochemical energy‐storage devices. Porous carbon materials have been extensively studied as cathodes, with advances in tailoring pore structures and material properties to enhance performance.
Take Hirooka, Zhaolin Liu, Ivan P. Parkin, Guanjie He   +3 more
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Transparency, moisture barrier property, and performance of the alternative solar cell encapsulants based on PU/PVDC blend reinforced with different types of cellulose nanocrystals

Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2018
Two different types of cellulose nanocrystals, derived from water hyacinth fibers and microfibrillated cellulose (MFC), were prepared using an acid hydrolysis treatment.
Kitti Yuwawech, Jatuphorn Wootthikanokkhan, Supachok Tanpichai   +2 more
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