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Yeditepe University , Istanbul , Turkey
Yeditepe University , Istanbul , Turkey
The most abundant renewable biomass on the earth is lignocellulosic biomass supplying from the forestry, forestry residue, and agricultural wastes nearly annually 200 billion tones worldwide. Agricultural wastes encompass a lot of cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose in composite form. Cellulose, the most important part of a plant structure, is a renewable, biocompatible, and non-toxic biopolymer possessing numerous hydroxyl functionalities. In plant’s structure hemicellulose and cellulose are held together by lignin in which lignin and hemicellulose act as an adhesive and a medium respectively. Utilization of cellulose in a high value-added way may open a new window in a bright future for biomass waste usage. Nanocellulose (NC) is a biopolymer possessing outstanding properties like remarkable mechanical strength, high aspect ratio, reactivity, lightweight, biocompatibility, high flexibility, biodegradability, and self-assembling capability. NC could be achieved from cellulose via chemical, mechanical and biological approaches.
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