Browsing by Author "Kostiainen, Mauri A."

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Challenges in synthesis and analysis of asymmetrically grafted cellulose nanocrystals via atom transfer radical polymerization

Delepierre, Gwendoline; Heise, Katja; Cranston, Emily; Kostiainen, Mauri A.; Weder, Christoph; Zoppe, Justin Orazio (2021-06-01)
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When cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are isolated from cellulose microfibrils, the parallel arrangement of the cellulose chains in the crystalline domains is retained so that all reducing end-groups (REGs) point to one ...
Chemical modification of reducing end-groups in cellulose nanocrystals

Heise, Katja; Delepierre, Gwendoline; King, Alistair W.T.; Kostiainen, Mauri A.; Zoppe, Justin Orazio; Weder, Christoph; Kontturi, Eero (2021-01-04)
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Native plant cellulose has an intrinsic supramolecular structure. Consequently, it can be isolated as nanocellulose species, which can be utilized as building blocks for renewable nanomaterials. The structure of cellulose ...