Ronald Sabo

TL;DR: Despite films from these CNC-like fibrils having inferior tensile strength, their tensile modulus and transparency were significantly improved compared to CNFs prepared without pre-treatment.

TL;DR: In this article, commercial cellulase enzymes were used to fractionate the less recalcitrant amorphous cellulose from a bleached Kraft eucalyptus pulp, resulting in a highly crystalline and recalcrant cellulose (RC), which is difficult to hydrolyze to sugars but very suitable for producing biobased nanomaterials through mechanical homogenization.

TL;DR: These environmentally friendly, biobased hybrid organic aerogels exhibited a series of desirable properties including a high specific compressive strength and compressive failure strain, ultralow density and thermal conductivity, good thermal stability, and moisture resistance, making them potentially useful for a broad range of applications including thermal insulation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the cellulose nanofibers are used as reinforcements in the forms of layered films in a bio-derived resin and an assessment of swelling behavior is performed together with an assessment on tension and fracture behavior.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss some of the instrumentation, metrology and standards issues associated with the ramping up for production and use of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs).