TY - GEN
T1 - Production of nanocellulose from lignocellulosic biomass wastes: Prospects and limitations
AU - Pires, João R. A.
AU - Souza, Victor Gomes Lauriano de
AU - Fernando, Ana Luisa
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - The search for renewable alternatives to petroleum products for industrial applications is increasing. Each year, many tons of inedible plant material is produced, much of which is landfilled. Cellulose, the most abundant biopolymer in nature, present in lignocellulosic biomass wastes can be extracted and converted to nanometric scale. Nanocellulose (NC) has unique characteristics for the development of new materials: abundance, renewability and biodegradability, mechanical properties and its nanometric dimensions open a wide range of possible properties and applications to be discovered. One of the most promising uses of NC is as reinforcement of mechanical properties in polymeric bionanocomposites. This review aims to give a recent view on this emerging nanomaterial, focusing on lignocellulosic biomass wastes extraction procedures, and its application in new technological developments. The challenges and future opportunities of bionanocomposites reinforced with NC will be discussed, as well as the remaining obstacles to its valorization and use.
AB - The search for renewable alternatives to petroleum products for industrial applications is increasing. Each year, many tons of inedible plant material is produced, much of which is landfilled. Cellulose, the most abundant biopolymer in nature, present in lignocellulosic biomass wastes can be extracted and converted to nanometric scale. Nanocellulose (NC) has unique characteristics for the development of new materials: abundance, renewability and biodegradability, mechanical properties and its nanometric dimensions open a wide range of possible properties and applications to be discovered. One of the most promising uses of NC is as reinforcement of mechanical properties in polymeric bionanocomposites. This review aims to give a recent view on this emerging nanomaterial, focusing on lignocellulosic biomass wastes extraction procedures, and its application in new technological developments. The challenges and future opportunities of bionanocomposites reinforced with NC will be discussed, as well as the remaining obstacles to its valorization and use.
KW - Bionanocomposites
KW - Cellulose nanocrystals
KW - Cellulose nanofibers
KW - Lignocellulosic biomass
KW - Nanocellulose
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85048531738&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-91334-6_98
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-91334-6_98
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85048531738
SN - 9783319913339
T3 - Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
SP - 719
EP - 725
BT - Innovation, Engineering and Entrepreneurship
A2 - Veiga, Germano
A2 - Machado, Jose
A2 - Soares, Filomena
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 3rd Conference on Innovation, Engineering and Entrepreneurship, Regional HELIX 2018
Y2 - 27 June 2018 through 29 June 2018
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