Functional Polymeric Materials Based on Cellulose
1Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Dresden, Germany
2Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
3University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Functional Polymeric Materials Based on Cellulose
Description
Nowadays, functional polymeric materials based on renewable bioresources and environmentally friendly processes have attracted considerable attention. As the most abundant natural polymer, cellulose is an almost inexhaustible polymeric raw material with fascinating structure and has many attractive properties such as renewability, biodegradability, biocompatibility, and broad chemical-modifying capacity. It can be converted into various cellulose-based materials (such as fibers, films, membranes, composites, and biomedical materials) and has been used for more than one hundred years by human. Recently, the developments of new and “green” solvents for cellulose have provided novel platforms to prepare various cellulose-based materials through more efficient and environmental friendly processes. New frontiers such as bacterial cellulose biomaterials and nanocellulose also offer great opportunities in the field of advanced materials based on cellulose. In addition, advancements in nanomaterials and technologies are delivering rapidly new functional cellulose-based materials containing nanoparticles over a broad range of applications.
We invite researchers to contribute original research articles as well as review articles about the advances of cellulose solvents and cellulose-based materials which have current or potential application in areas such as smart textiles, packaging, energy storage, sensors, gas separations, tissue engineering, and drug release.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- New and “green” solvents/processes for functionalization of cellulose-based materials
- Novel fiber, membrane, and aerogel materials based on cellulose
- Bacterial cellulose biomaterials
- Nanocellulose based functional materials, including their production, characterization, modification, and applications
- Functional blends/composites based on cellulose, such as photoelectric materials, hybrid materials, and smart materials
- Biomedical materials based on cellulose
- Novel cellulose derivatives and their applications