Stimuli-responsive cellulose paper materials

Zhijian Li; Xiaohan Yang; Wei Li; Hanbin Liu

doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.01.082

Stimuli-responsive cellulose paper materials

Carbohydr Polym. 2019 Apr 15:210:350-363. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.01.082. Epub 2019 Jan 24.

Authors

Zhijian Li¹, Xiaohan Yang¹, Wei Li², Hanbin Liu³

Affiliations

¹ Shaanxi Provincal Key Laboratory of Papermaking Technology and Specialty Paper Development, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Light Chemistry Engineering Education, College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, 710021, PR China.
² Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, PR China. Electronic address: weili@gxu.edu.cn.
³ Shaanxi Provincal Key Laboratory of Papermaking Technology and Specialty Paper Development, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Light Chemistry Engineering Education, College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, 710021, PR China. Electronic address: liuhanbin@sust.edu.cn.

PMID: 30732771
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.01.082

Abstract

Cellulose paper derived from plants has served as a carrier of cultural inheritance since it was invented 2000 years ago. It attracted more and more attentions in recent years working as a versatile platform to develop functional materials because of its good flexibility, sustainability, biodegradability, low cost and great capability to be modified. Once be functionalized, such as modified with stimuli-responsive polymers, small molecules or inorganic particles, papers may be sensitive to external stimuli from environments and consequently find applications in wide ranges including protein separation, controlled drug release, switchable surfaces, sensoring devices and smart substrates with various colors, etc. However, there are no reviews summarized the progress of such exciting research field. Here in this mini review, we discussed the advantages of cellulose paper as stimuli-responsive substrate and summarized the fabrication techniques, properties and applications of various stimuli-responsive papers reported to date which are triggered by temperature, pH, humidity, ions, light, magnetic field, solvent, gas and biomolecules. Additionally, challenges and outlooks of the future development of such materials were also given in the end.

Keywords: Cellulose; Paper; Smart materials; Stimuli-responsive materials.

Publication types

Review