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Nanocellulose, a unique and promising nanosized cellulose fibers extracted from renewable biomass, has gained much attention from both the scientific and industrial communities due to abundant resources, good mechanical properties, distinct surface chemistry, and biological properties. Thus, nanocellulose is a appealing biomaterial for exciting applications, including super absorbent materials, electronic components, energy devices, and reinforcements. Cellulose nanocrystal (CNC), cellulose nanofibril (CNF), and bacterial cellulose (BC) are the three main kinds of typical nanocellulose from different routes, thus the comprehensive comparison of CNC, CNF, and BC is highly desirable. In order to better understand their special characteristics, we have described detailedly of CNC, CNF (including TEMPO oxidized CNF and mechanically ground CNF), and BC in current work. Meanwhile, this study systematically compared their preparation method, morphologies, chemical structure, surface chemistry, degree of polymerization, thermal behavior, mechanical property, and so on, all these are good for understanding the structure–property–function relationships of nanocellulose. The systematic comparative study can help to develop the criteria for selecting proper nanocellulose as biobased nanomaterials for high value-added applications. We believe that these detailed information presented here have the potential to achieve true sustainable, economic, and tailored production of nanocellulose at large scale, thus contributing to the advancement of biobased nanocellulose.
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The research is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (22108086 and 22078113), Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2020A1515110855, 2021A1515010899 and 2022A1515010323), Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangzhou (202102020891, 202102080416 and 202102020713), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery (2021B1212040011), Characterization and Instrument Development of Cross-scale Nanofiber Based on Microfluidic Technology (2020ZD01), the Foundation (No. GZKF202022) of State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences. We are grateful for these financial support.
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Funding was provided by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 22108086 and 22078113) and Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangzhou (Grant Nos. 202102020891 and 202102080416).
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Cheng, Z., Li, J., Wang, B. et al. Comparative study on properties of nanocellulose derived from sustainable biomass resources. Cellulose 29, 7083–7098 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-022-04717-0
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