Advancing cellulose-based nanotechnology |
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Authors: | Theodore H Wegner Philip E Jones |
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Institution: | (1) USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, WI 53726, USA;(2) Technical Marketing & New Ventures, Imerys, 100 Mansell Ct. E., Roswell, GA 30076, USA |
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Abstract: | Nanotechnology has applications across most economic sectors and allows the development of new enabling science with broad
commercial potential. Cellulose and lignocellulose have great potential as nanomaterials because they are abundant, renewable,
have a nanofibrillar structure, can be made multifunctional, and self-assemble into well-defined architectures. To exploit
their potential, R&D investments must be made in the science and engineering that will fully determine the properties and
characteristics of cellulose and lignocellulose at the nanoscale, develop the technologies to manipulate self-assembly and
multifunctionallity, and develop these new technologies to the point where industry can produce advanced and cost-competitive
cellulose and lignocellulose-based products. Because many of the findings on nanostructues and nanoprocesses are not yet fully
measurable, replicable, or understood, it will take substantial R&D investments. To most effectively and efficiently move
forward, increased cooperation must occur among the cellulose/lignocellulose R&D community, the federal departments and agencies
having interests and ongoing programs in nanotechnology, and industry. Cooperation is critical to capturing synergies, enhancing
accomplishments, and avoiding unwarranted duplication of facilities and efforts. |
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Keywords: | Cellulose Forest products Lignocellulose Nanotechnology Research Wood |
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