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Figure 1.4
Transmission electron micrograph from a dilute suspension of hydrolyzed (a) cotton,
(b) sugar beet pulp and (c) tunicin. Reprinted with permission from [48]. Copyright 2005 American
Chemical Society.
h ere has been Intense ongoing research to avoid the complex surface functionaliza-
tion techniques. One of the new techniques is to combine the synthesis and functional-
ization of nanocellulose in a single step (see reference [47]).
Nanocellulose and its derivatives can be processed into dif erent forms. Bacterial
celulose is one such important type of nanocellulose. It has been processed into nano-
i bers for dif erent applications. Figure 1.8 shows the dif erent applications of cellulose
acetate nanoi bers [51]. Chapters 2 and 4 discuss the dif erent perspectives of bacterial
cellulose-based materials and their dif erent applications. In these chapters the authors
discuss in detail a vast collection of BC nanocomposites prepared using dif erent poly-
mer matrices such as natural polymers and thermoplastic matrices. In addition to this,
