title: Tailor-made functional surfaces based on cellulose-derived materials.
abstract: As one of the most abundant natural materials in nature, cellulose has revealed enormous potential for the construction of functional materials thanks to its sustainability, non-toxicity, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. Among many fascinating applications, functional surfaces based on cellulose-derived materials have attracted increasing interest recently, as platforms for diagnostics, sensoring, robust catalysis, water treatment, ultrafiltration, and anti-microbial surfaces. This mini-review attempts to cover the general methodology for the fabrication of functional cellulose surface and a few popular applications including bioactive and non-adhesive (i.e., anti-fouling and anti-microbial) surfaces.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Venditti
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D002482:Cellulose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D002482:Cellulose