Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Aqueous synthesis of highly functional, hydrophobic, and chemically recyclable cellulose nanomaterials through oxime ligation

  • Elena Subbotina,
  • Farsa Ram,
  • Sergey V. Dvinskikh,
  • Lars A. Berglund,
  • Peter Olsén

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34697-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Water is a standing challenge in the chemical modification of cellulose nanofibrils. Here, authors employ oxime-ligation to solve this by direct covalent chemistry on dialdehyde-CNF in water and assess the material for potential applications in green electronics and triboelectric nanogenerators.