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<p>In recent years, the demand for environment-friendly products has been on an increasing trend among researchers and industry for sustainable development. Deep eutectic solvents are green solvents which, due to their properties (biodegradability, recyclability, low cost, availability, easy preparation, low toxicity, chemical and thermal stability), can be used in various fields such as polymer chemistry, which includes nanocellulose isolation and polysaccharides processing. Several studies have illustrated the effectiveness of using deep eutectic solvents instead of the conventional reaction system to produce and disperse nanomaterials. This work summarizes the use of deep eutectic solvents in the isolation of cellulosic nanomaterials from different types of biomass. Deep eutectic solvents demonstrate high effectiveness in swelling lignocellulosic biomass and producing cellulose nanomaterials. Overall, deep eutectics solvents represent an innovative and effective pretreatment process for the fractionation of raw cellulose-containing fibres to promote subsequent isolation of nanomaterials made from cellulose.</p>
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In recent years, the demand for environment-friendly products has been on an increasing trend among researchers and industry for sustainable development. Deep eutectic solvents are green solvents which, due to their properties (biodegradability, recyclability, low cost, availability, easy preparation, low toxicity, chemical and thermal stability), can be used in various fields such as polymer chemistry, which includes nanocellulose isolation and polysaccharides processing. Several studies have illustrated the effectiveness of using deep eutectic solvents instead of the conventional reaction system to produce and disperse nanomaterials. This work summarizes the use of deep eutectic solvents in the isolation of cellulosic nanomaterials from different types of biomass. Deep eutectic solvents demonstrate high effectiveness in swelling lignocellulosic biomass and producing cellulose nanomaterials. Overall, deep eutectics solvents represent an innovative and effective pretreatment process for the fractionation of raw cellulose-containing fibres to promote subsequent isolation of nanomaterials made from cellulose.

The role of deep eutectic solvents in the production of cellulose nanomaterials from biomass

Slovak University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Institute of Natural and Synthetic Polymers

Acta Chimica Slovaca

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

In recent years, the demand for environment-friendly products has been on an increasing trend among researchers and industry for sustainable development. Deep...

The role of deep eutectic solvents in the production of cellulose nanomaterials from biomass

Pubblicato online: 23 ago 2022

Pagine: 61 - 71

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acs-2022-0008

Parole chiave
deep eutectic solvents, isolation, nanocellulose, nanocrystals, nanofibers, polymers

© 2022 Veronika Jančíková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The role of deep eutectic solvents in the production of cellulose nanomaterials from biomass

Pubblicato online: 23 ago 2022

Pagine: 61 - 71

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acs-2022-0008

Parole chiavedeep eutectic solvents, isolation, nanocellulose, nanocrystals, nanofibers, polymers

© 2022 Veronika Jančíková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Parole chiave
deep eutectic solvents, isolation, nanocellulose, nanocrystals, nanofibers, polymers