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View article: Establishment of porous bioceramic hollow and non‐hollow microspheres for bone regeneration via ceramic foam methodology
Establishment of porous bioceramic hollow and non‐hollow microspheres for bone regeneration via ceramic foam methodology Open
Recent demographic changes and lifestyle disorders have heightened interest in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, particularly for bone regeneration therapies addressing musculoskeletal disorders. Effective treatments require bi…
View article: Mechanical properties of basalt fiber and <i>Phyllanthus emblica</i> seed particulate reinforced epoxy composites
Mechanical properties of basalt fiber and <i>Phyllanthus emblica</i> seed particulate reinforced epoxy composites Open
In the present work, Phyllanthus emblica, also called Amla or Indian gooseberry seed coat powder (ASCP), a lignocellulosic material is being explored for its applicability as a filler material to enhance the mechanical properties of the ba…
View article: Ultra-wideband MHz to THz plasmonic EO modulator
Ultra-wideband MHz to THz plasmonic EO modulator Open
Electromagnetic fields at terahertz frequencies open a window to multiple applications, such as wireless communication, sensing, and medical imaging. Yet the challenge remains to efficiently generate, receive and process such high frequenc…
View article: Assessing the Genotoxicity of Cellulose Nanomaterials in a Co-Culture of Human Lung Epithelial Cells and Monocyte-Derived Macrophages
Assessing the Genotoxicity of Cellulose Nanomaterials in a Co-Culture of Human Lung Epithelial Cells and Monocyte-Derived Macrophages Open
Cellulose micro/nanomaterials (CMNMs) are innovative materials with a wide spectrum of industrial and biomedical applications. Although cellulose has been recognized as a safe material, the unique properties of its nanosized forms have rai…
View article: Cellulose and Chitin Twisted Structures: From Nature to Applications
Cellulose and Chitin Twisted Structures: From Nature to Applications Open
Twisted structures are ubiquitous in plants and animals. Cellulose and chitin are natural polymers that form the structural skeleton of various twisted systems observed across different length scales, ranging from the molecular to the nano…
View article: Observing short-range orientational order in small-molecule liquids
Observing short-range orientational order in small-molecule liquids Open
Local molecular ordering in liquids has attracted a lot of interest from researchers investigating crystallization, but is still poorly understood on the molecular scale. Classical nucleation theory (CNT), a macroscopic thermodynamic descr…
View article: Cellulose Nanocrystal Aqueous Colloidal Suspensions: Evidence of Density Inversion at the Isotropic‐Liquid Crystal Phase Transition
Cellulose Nanocrystal Aqueous Colloidal Suspensions: Evidence of Density Inversion at the Isotropic‐Liquid Crystal Phase Transition Open
The colloidal suspensions of aqueous cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are known to form liquid crystalline (LC) systems above certain critical concentrations. From an isotropic phase, tactoid formation, growth, and sedimentation have been det…
View article: Analysis of the In Vitro Toxicity of Nanocelluloses in Human Lung Cells as Compared to Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Analysis of the In Vitro Toxicity of Nanocelluloses in Human Lung Cells as Compared to Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Open
Cellulose micro/nanomaterials (CMNM), comprising cellulose microfibrils (CMF), nanofibrils (CNF), and nanocrystals (CNC), are being recognized as promising bio-nanomaterials due to their natural and renewable source, attractive properties,…
View article: Genotoxicity of Three Micro/Nanocelluloses with Different Physicochemical Characteristics in MG-63 and V79 Cells
Genotoxicity of Three Micro/Nanocelluloses with Different Physicochemical Characteristics in MG-63 and V79 Cells Open
(1) Background: Nanocellulose is an innovative engineered nanomaterial with an enormous potential for use in a wide array of industrial and biomedical applications and with fast growing economic value. The expanding production of nanocellu…
View article: Colourful Patterns in Cellulose-Based Liquid Crystals
Colourful Patterns in Cellulose-Based Liquid Crystals Open
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007688 UIDB/50025/2020-2023 EUTOPIA CA17139
View article: Travelling colourful patterns in self-organized cellulose-based liquid crystalline structures
Travelling colourful patterns in self-organized cellulose-based liquid crystalline structures Open
Cellulose-based systems are useful for many applications. However, the issue of self-organization under non-equilibrium conditions, which is ubiquitous in living matter, has scarcely been addressed in cellulose-based materials. Here, we sh…
View article: Flexible and Structural Coloured Composite Films from Cellulose Nanocrystals/Hydroxypropyl Cellulose Lyotropic Suspensions
Flexible and Structural Coloured Composite Films from Cellulose Nanocrystals/Hydroxypropyl Cellulose Lyotropic Suspensions Open
Lyotropic colloidal aqueous suspensions of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) can, after solvent evaporation, retain their chiral nematic arrangement. As water is removed the pitch value of the suspension decreases and structural colour-generat…
View article: Playing the blues, the greens and the reds with cellulose-based structural colours
Playing the blues, the greens and the reds with cellulose-based structural colours Open
Cellulose-based liquid crystalline solutions: diffusion–reaction mechanisms responsible for unexpected sequence of structural colours.
View article: Flexible random lasers in dye-doped bio-degradable cellulose nanocrystalline needles
Flexible random lasers in dye-doped bio-degradable cellulose nanocrystalline needles Open
In this work, we developed and investigated a random laser based on rhodamine6G (Rh6G) in ethylene glycol (EG) solution with varying cellulose nanocrystalline (CNC) needles as scatterers in the lasing media. Besides the suspension-in-cuvet…
View article: Ionically Modified Cellulose Nanocrystal Self-Assembled Films with a Mesoporous Twisted Superstructure: Polarizability and Application in Ion-Gated Transistors
Ionically Modified Cellulose Nanocrystal Self-Assembled Films with a Mesoporous Twisted Superstructure: Polarizability and Application in Ion-Gated Transistors Open
FCT – Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology through the Ph.D. scholarship SFRH/BD/125191/2016. project PapEl, reference PTDC/CTM-NAN/5172/2014. project CHIHC, reference PTDC/NAN-MAT/32558/2017. project PTDC/CTM-BIO/6178/2014, M-…
View article: Field‐Effect Transistors: Field‐Effect Transistors on Photonic Cellulose Nanocrystal Solid Electrolyte for Circular Polarized Light Sensing (Adv. Funct. Mater. 21/2019)
Field‐Effect Transistors: Field‐Effect Transistors on Photonic Cellulose Nanocrystal Solid Electrolyte for Circular Polarized Light Sensing (Adv. Funct. Mater. 21/2019) Open
In article number 1805279, Luis Pereira and co-workers demonstrate how to implement chiral nematic films from cellulose nanocrystals into transistors that are capable of circular polarized light detection. The resulting devices effectively…
View article: Field‐Effect Transistors on Photonic Cellulose Nanocrystal Solid Electrolyte for Circular Polarized Light Sensing
Field‐Effect Transistors on Photonic Cellulose Nanocrystal Solid Electrolyte for Circular Polarized Light Sensing Open
The integration of bioinspired chiral cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) films into transistor devices with distinct sensing properties for left‐ and right‐handed circular polarized light (LCPL and RCPL, respectively) is reported. The CNC films w…
View article: Functional Stimuli-Responsive Gels: Hydrogels and Microgels
Functional Stimuli-Responsive Gels: Hydrogels and Microgels Open
One strategy that has gained much attention in the last decades is the understanding and further mimicking of structures and behaviours found in nature, as inspiration to develop materials with additional functionalities. This review prese…
View article: Liquid fibres and their networks from cellulose-based liquid crystalline solutions
Liquid fibres and their networks from cellulose-based liquid crystalline solutions Open
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View article: Twisted, 10–12 May 2017, Luxembourg
Twisted, 10–12 May 2017, Luxembourg Open
The conference ‘Twisted’, held in Luxembourg from 10th to 12th of May 2017, was organised at the University of Luxembourg, Campus Limpertsberg, in BâtimentdesSciences surrounded by a beautiful and ...
View article: Mind the Microgap in Iridescent Cellulose Nanocrystal Films
Mind the Microgap in Iridescent Cellulose Nanocrystal Films Open
A new photonic structure is produced from cellulose nanocrystal iridescent films reflecting both right and left circularly polarized light. Micrometer-scale planar gaps perpendicular to the films' cross-section between two different left-h…