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SUBMITTER: Afewerki S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6607377 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Afewerki Samson S Alimohammadzadeh Rana R Osong Sinke H SH Tai Cheuk-Wai CW Engstrand Per P Córdova Armando A
Global challenges (Hoboken, NJ) 20170913 7
This study describes a novel sustainable concept for the scalable direct fabrication and functionalization of nanocellulose from wood pulp with reduced energy consumption. A central concept is the use of metal-free small organic molecules as mediators and catalysts for the production and subsequent versatile surface engineering of the cellulosic nanomaterials via organocatalysis and click chemistry. Here, "organoclick" chemistry enables the selective functionalization of nanocelluloses with diff ...[more]