The book is an indispensable resource for professionals and graduate students in research and development of cellulose and cellulose derivatives and their applications in blends and composites. It collects in one convenient source current advances in the chemistry and use of cellulosics in a variety of applications. Each chapter is written by an internationally recognized authority and covers the latest developments in cellulose, including cellulose allomorphs and their interconversion, lyotropic and thermotropic cellulosesic mesophases, polymersolvent interactions in lyotropic liquid crystalline cellulosics, synthesis of cellulose derivatives in homogeneous systems, the commercial uses of water-soluble cellulose derivatives, the latest advances in cellulose membranes, which continue to dominate the membrane field, composites of cellulose and synthetic polymers, lignocellulosic composites, bacterial composites, wood derivatives in composites, bacterial cellulose applications and the use of cellulose triacetate in chiral separations, one of the latest developments in cellulose chemistry.
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