Cellulose

Because of their high mechanical performance, high specific surface area, and high aspect ratio, there is a strong interest in cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) as a reinforcing material for plastics. Although three hydroxyl groups per repeating unit …

Molecular dynamics simulations of cellulose regularly sample a conformational space different to the crystal structures they were initiated from, with changes to the tilt of chains, expansion of the unit cell and variation in exocyclic group …

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), with diameter of 5–20 nm and length of 200–400 nm, can be extracted from a wide variety of natural source materials (e.g. wood, cotton, bacteria, tunicates etc.) via strong acid hydrolysis (Peng et al. 2011 ; Habibi …

UV-blocking, superhydrophobic and robust cotton fabrics were successfully developed by combination of polyvinylsilsesquioxane (PVS) and nano-TiO2 for the first time. The influence of the add-on amount on morphologies, ultraviolet (UV) protection …

Material strength is traditionally evaluated by critical stress at which the material fails under monotonically increasing displacement (or load) conditions. However, it is known that materials often fail even at a much lower stress level, if it …