High performance fibers and improved interfacial interaction can enhance the properties of polymer composites. Herein, microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) was oxidized by H2O2/CuSO4, a new Fenton process, to achieve MCC (OCNCs) with 16 ± 1% carboxyl content. Noteworthy, thermal stability OCNCs superior CNCs prepared acid hydrolysis. Interestingly, primary alcohol groups were selectively achieved 1...

This review article focuses on sepiolite fibrous clay mineral, which has been selected here as an example of ancient inorganic natural material that is currently receiving much attention excellent candidate for advanced materials and applications. Sepiolite abundant hydrated magnesium silicate whose crystal structure determines the presence nanoporous cavities well large surface rheological pro...

carboxymethyl cellulose (cmc)-polyvinyl alcohol (pvoh) blend film was produced through casting. cellulose nanowhisker (cnw) was produced by means of acid hydrolysis of cotton linter and cmc-pvoh-cellulose nanowhiskers through which fully degradable bionanocomposites were prepared. prepared nanowhisker suspension contained rod like particles averaging lengths of 240 nm and diameters of 13 nm. an...