Advanced Flexible Materials from Nanocellulose |
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Authors: | Zehong Chen Yijie Hu Ge Shi Hao Zhuo Mohammed Azam Ali Ewelina Jamróz Huili Zhang Linxin Zhong Xinwen Peng |
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Affiliation: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641 China;2. Centre for Bioengineering & Nanomedicine, Department of Food Science, Division of Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9054 New Zealand;3. Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Balicka Street 120, 39-140 Kraków, Poland;4. Department of Neurology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510180 China |
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Abstract: | With the increase of environmental pollution and depletion of fossil fuel resources, the utilization of renewable biomass resources for developing functional materials or fine chemicals is of great value and has attracted considerable attention. Nanocellulose, as a well-known renewable nanomaterial, is regarded as a promising nano building block for advanced functional materials owing to its unique structure and properties, as well as natural abundance. Typically, its high mechanical strength, structural flexibility, reinforcing capabilities, and tunable self-assembly behavior makes it highly attractive to fabricate flexible materials for various applications. Herein, the recent progress in the design, properties, and applications of advanced flexible materials from nanocellulose is comprehensively summarized. The preparation and properties of nanocellulose are first briefly introduced and discuss its merits in fabricating flexible materials. Then, various advanced flexible materials from nanocellulose are introduced, and the critical role of nanocellulose in constructing flexible materials is highlighted based on its intrinsic properties. After that, their applications in energy storage, electronics, sensor, biomedical, thermally insulating, photonic devices, etc., are presented. At last, the outlook of the current challenges and future perspectives for developing nanocellulose-derived flexible materials are discussed. |
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Keywords: | electronics energy storage flexible hybrid materials nanocelluloses sensors |
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