Modifying the Surface Chemistry of Cellulose and Renewable Materials
A special issue of Fibers (ISSN 2079-6439).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 7480
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cellulose is the most abundant polymer in the world, and is a renewable resource. This makes cellulose a viable candidate for substitution for other materials. However, cellulose has its own limitations. In order to overcome some of them, the surface of the cellulose could be modified in order to enhance or to add an additional functional property, for example increased hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity, antibacterial, UV-protection, adhesion, and enhanced compatibility with other materials.
This Special Issue is dedicated to the surface modification of cellulose and other renewable materials, original research papers, as well as reviews, are welcome. The goal is to gather contributions on various aspects related to surface modification methods such as plasma, chemical vapor deposition, atomic layer deposition, graft copolymerization, among many others used on any cellulose, cellulose derivatives, carbohydrates, starch, and other renewable materials in any form such as fibers, nanocrystals, aerogels, hydrogels, and nanofibers.
Dr. Luis E. Cabrales
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cellulose
- fibers
- cellulose derivatives
- nanofibers
- nanocrystals
- aerogels
- hydrogels
- surface modification
- antibacterial
- hydrophobic
- plasma
- CVD
- ALD
- graft polymerization
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