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Introduction to the Special Issue on Nanocellulose Composites

Craig Clemons, Srikanth Pilla

USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory
Clemson University

Journal of Renewable Materials 2016, 4(5), 295-296. https://doi.org/10.7569/JRM.2016.634133

Abstract

Cellulose nanomaterials (CNs) are at the convergence of nanotechnology and bio-sourced material trends and are currently of considerable interest. CNs are a new class of nano-scale, cellulose-based building blocks extracted from trees and plants as well as certain animals, bacteria, and algae. CNs are not a single material type but a family of materials with different characteristics, which largely result from differences in source and preparation methodology. Here we focus on plant- and tree-derived CNs.

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