title: Applications of bacterial cellulose as precursor of carbon and composites with metal oxide, metal sulfide and metal nanoparticles: A review of recent advances.
abstract: This mini review is limited to very recent studies (last 5-10 years) on two major issues, concerning: the production and physical/chemical modification of bacterial cellulose (BC), and its transformation into carbon and integrated synthesis of metal oxides (TiO2, ZnO, Fe3O4, etc.), metal sulfide (ZnS, CdS, etc.) and metal nanoparticles (Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, etc.) within bacterial cellulose nanoribbons network. We believe that the crossover of these two domains could be of considerable interest in the view of improving the performance of materials prepared with bacterial cellulose. The diversity of these nanomaterials allows targeting of many very different properties/applications: electrochemical devices, catalysis and photocatalysis, sensors, etc. After an introduction to the most important chemical and physical characteristics of BC, production parameters, and its physical and chemical modifications, we review the use of BC as a precursor of inorganic materials like carbon and composites with metal or inorganic nanoparticles.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Tecnología en Polímeros y Nanotecnología (ITPN), Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Las Heras 2214, CP 1127AAR Buenos Aires, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Foresti
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Tecnología en Polímeros y Nanotecnología (ITPN), Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Las Heras 2214, CP 1127AAR Buenos Aires, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vázquez
authors.affiliation: ICG-CMOS UMR 5253, Université Montpellier 2, Place Eugène Bataillon CC 1702, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France. Electronic address: bruno.boury@umontpellier.fr.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Boury
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles; D010087:Oxides; D013440:Sulfides
chemical_list: D010087:Oxides; D013440:Sulfides; D002482:Cellulose
keywords: Bacterial cellulose; Carbon; Metal nanoparticles; Metal oxides; Metal sulfides