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Surface modifications of cellulose nanomaterials: mechanisms, kinetics and their applications

Author(s): Ana Oberlintner (Author), Uroš Novak (Supervisor), Blaž Likozar (Co-Supervisor)

Year: 2023

Type: Doctoral dissertation

Synthesized in green plants, cellulose is the most abundant natural biopolymer on the planet and is thus widely available, cheap and renewable. Furthermore, its hierarchical structure allows extraction of nanosized particles in the form of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), obtained with hydrolysis or cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs), isolated through chemical, biological pretreatment …