The production of nanocellulose via the biochemical pathway using hydrolytic enzymes allows the production of sugars that can be converted in biofuels by microbial fermentation, such as biobutanol. Therefore, the recovery ...

In the present study, the production of cellulose nanofibers and biobutanol from bleached eucalyptus Kraft pulp by enzymatic pretreatment was investigated. The combination of enzymatic and mechanical pretreatment yielded ...

Nowadays there is a demand for ecologically efficient sustainable materials. The combination of cellulose and clay can provide materials with improved mechanical, thermal, and optical properties, besides better water and ...

The potential use of cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) as a reinforcing agent in banana starch-based nanocomposite films was investigated. CNFs were isolated from banana peel (Musa paradisiaca) by enzymatic hydrolysis. Banana ...

Although the use of cellulose‐reinforced composites has been growing since the 1990s, it is only during the last years and following the general boom of nanotechnology that the research on nanocellulose polymer composites ...

In this paper, we report the preparation of nanofibers obtained from low-cost agro-industrial by-products (soybean hulls and pods) and their use as nano reinforcers of soy protein films. From hulls, we obtained white and ...

The main objective of this article was to report a simple, fast, and low cost strategy for the synthesis of micro- and nanocomposites by adding cellulose nanofibers, obtained by acid hydrolysis, and added to hydrogels as ...

The main objective of this article was to report a simple, fast, and low cost strategy for the synthesis of micro- and nanocomposites by adding cellulose nanofibers, obtained by acid hydrolysis, and added to hydrogels as ...