Biopolymer Nanofibrils: Enabling Innovation in Advanced Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Biopolymer nanofibrils demonstrate remarkable mechanical characteristics, showcasing an unparalleled blend of strength and durability alongside inherent biological functionalities that engage dynamically with their environment. These distinctive attributes are largely attributable to their sophisticated hierarchical architectures, which are intricately woven across a spectrum of scales ranging from the angstrom level to several hundred nanometers. To maintain these unique structural features and to directly utilize these natural supramolecular assemblies, a variety of new methods have been developed to produce biopolymer nanofibrils. In particular, cellulose nanofibrils, chitin nanofibrils, silk nanofibrils, and collagen nanofibrils, as the four most abundant biopolymer nanofibrils on Earth, have been the focus of research in recent years due to their renewable features, wide availability, low cost, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. A series of strategies have been accessed to exfoliate and regenerate these nanofibrils for versatile advanced applications.

Prof. Dr. Ying Pei
Dr. Jie Liu
Guest Editors

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