What do we still need to understand to commercialize cellulose nanomaterials

摘要: Cellulose nanomaterials (CNM) have the potential to become predominant nanoparticles utilized in materials engineering fields ranging from flexible electronic supports and tissue scaffolds nanocomposite reinforcement aerogels for oil capture. The of this emerging technological material is currently hindered by inability efficiently produce consistent cellulose nanomaterial-based products on an industrial scale. To quantify key properties CNM (most notably surface properties, particle size degree crystallinity), several measurement methods techniques been employed researchers. However, available are too expensive (in terms both time money) be applicable high-throughput, full-scale process monitoring. In effort highlight identify most critical requirements, a workshop was conducted National Institute Standards Technology conjunction with Technical A...