Behavior of nanocelluloses at interfaces
Review article, 2017

Despite being non-surface active, nanocelluloses position efficiently at interfaces, already at very low concentration. This behavior has lately triggered a strong interest in the cellulose and colloids communities. This review reports the recent developments on the use of nanocelluloses at interfaces and highlights the fundamental principles governing the high efficiency observed in reinforcing the boundary between two phases. The use of nanocelluloses as emulsifier and emulsion stabilizer is first discussed, and the structural properties of nanocelluloses such as aspect ratio and surface properties are correlated with the high efficiency in forming colloidally-stable multiphase systems. Then, the behavior at the air/water interface is presented and the most recent advances are reviewed with focus on the surface free energy of nanocelluloses and their role in the interfacial self-assembly process.

Interface

Surfactant

Pickering foam

Nanocellulose

Self-assembly

Pickering emulsion

Polymer

Author

Isabelle Capron

INRA Nantes

Orlando J. Rojas

Aalto University

Romain Bordes

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Applied Chemistry

SuMo Biomaterials

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

1359-0294 (ISSN) 18790399 (eISSN)

Vol. 29 83-95

Subject Categories

Other Physics Topics

Chemical Sciences

DOI

10.1016/j.cocis.2017.04.001

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