ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS BASED ON CELLULOSE

As the most abundant natural polymer on the earth, cellulose has many attractive properties such as renewability, biodegradability, biocompatibility,, and broad chemical-modifying capacity. Therefore, cellulose has been considered as the sustainable raw material of energy and chemical engineering in the future. Nowadays, cellulose has attracted a worldwide attention as a renewable resource that can be converted into high value products, in which specific attention has been paid on cellulose-based advanced functional materials. Based on about 360 relevant papers published during the past 5 years, this review highlights recent progress in cellulose-based advanced functional materials from the view of fabrication methodologies. The various cellulose-based functional materials, such as fiber materials, membrane materials, photoelectric materials, hybrid materials, smart materials, and biomedical materials, are described, along with their preparation, properties and applications. Finally, a perspective on this promising family of materials and the research that needs to he done in the future are briefly discussed. It is hoped that this review work will stimulate research and collaborations that will lead to significant progress in this area.