NanoLeaves Lab is a group of synthetic chemists settled at the Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry of the University of Pisa. The research activity fits in the fields of Organic Chemistry and Materials Science. At NanoLeaves Lab, we develop new materials and explore their new and exciting applications in the fields of Chemistry, Technology, and Optoelectronics. We are interested in the preparation and functionalization of organic materials including biomaterials from natural sources, with an eye to nanocellulose and cellulose nanocrystals and to other biopolymers.
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It was released today as a Just Accepted Manuscript the article “Tailoring water stability of cellulose nanopaper by surface functionalization”. The publication is a study on cellulose nanopaper topochemical functionalization, attained via dipping the nanopaper in an organic solution of acyl chlorides.
An optically transparent paper is appealing for a series of applications and can be attained by processing cellulose nanocrystals by standard paper-making procedures. The nano-dimensioned cellulose crystals produce a thin film with suppression of light scattering, thanks to the reduced dimension of interstices among nanofibers.
Evaluation of materials properties for a selected application necessarily requires a method to compare different material sources. This is particularly true in the case of natural materials, those biocompatible and renewable constituents that can be extracted from biologic tissues.
Formal discovery of cellulose, the structural material of plants, dates 1838 in the work of Anselme Payen,1 a French chemist also known for the discovery of the enzyme diastase. Cellulose technological importance is mainly connected to paper industry, even if cellulose derivatives, like rayon and cellophane, are part of our life for decades.
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