In the context of the rapid development of bio-based materials, bacterial cellulose (BC), as a natural polymer material synthesized by microbial fermentation, is moving from laboratory research to large-scale application. Compared with plant cellulose, bacterial cellulose has significant advantages in purity, microstructure and performance stability, and is an important research direction in the current field of functional materials. 1. The formation mechanism and structural nature of bacterial cellulose. Bacterial cellulose is mainly secreted and synthesized by cellulose-producing bacteria such as Komagataeibacter xylinus under aerobic conditions. Its molecular structure is the same as that of plant cellulose, which is a linear polysaccharide connected by β-1,4-glucosidic bonds, but its formation process is different: bacteria directly polymerize and extrude glucose during the fermentation process to form nanoscale fibers, which are then self-assembled to form a three-dimensional network structure. This 'in-situ nanofabrication

With the continuous advancement of the 'double carbon' goal and the concept of green manufacturing, high-performance materials with renewable sources and designable properties are becoming an important development direction for materials science and industrial applications. As a high-end form of cellulose materials, nanocellulose (Nanocellulose), with its unique nanostructure and excellent physical and chemical properties, is showing broad application potential in functional materials, daily chemicals, coatings, composite materials, biomedicine and other fields. 1. What is nanocellulose? Nanocellulose is a nanoscale fiber material obtained by dissociating natural cellulose through mechanical, chemical or biological methods. It usually includes cellulose nanofibers (CNF), cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and bacterial cellulose (BC). Its diameter is generally 5–50 nm, its length can reach hundreds of nanometers to several micrometers, and it has a typical high aspect ratio and three-dimensional network structure. After the scale enters the nanoscale, fiber

Nanocellulose (Nanocellulose) technology analysis: structural mechanism, preparation control and industrial application path 1. Structural essence and material properties of nanocellulose Nanocellulose (Nanocellulose) is a nanoscale fiber structure material obtained through physical defibration or chemical selective modification using natural cellulose as raw material. Its basic unit is a cellulose chain connected by β-1,4-glucosidic bonds, which forms a highly ordered crystal structure under the action of intermolecular hydrogen bonds. 1.1 Molecular structure and crystal characteristics Natural cellulose mainly exists in the form of cellulose type I crystals, with crystalline and amorphous regions alternately distributed. The formation of nanocellulose is essentially a hierarchical deconstruction of cellulose microfibril bundles, making them close to the scale of a single microfibril (elementary fibril). Typical structural parameters: parameter value range diameter 5–50 nm length 500 nm