Nanocellulose: a high-performance green new material derived from nature, empowering low-carbon upgrading of the entire industry

At a time when the dual-carbon strategy is being further promoted and the new materials industry is accelerating iteration, bio-based materials with both natural environmental protection properties and ultra-high mechanical properties have become the core breakthrough for the transformation and upgrading of all walks of life. Nanjing Tianlu Nanotechnology Co., Ltd. is rooted in Nanjing's science and technology innovation highland. It is a high-tech enterprise focusing on the field of nanocellulose. It is deeply involved in the track of new green biomass materials and focuses on the research and development, large-scale production and customized application solutions of nanocellulose. The company's main product series is nanocellulose, which is made from natural biomass raw materials such as bamboo, straw, cotton and linen, and is prepared through refined physical, chemical and biological processes. Its materials have multiple advantages such as lightweight, high strength, degradability, and high adaptability. They are fully replacing traditional petroleum-based materials and empowering innovation and upgrading in many high-end industrial fields.

1. Core definition of materials: naturally extracted nano-scale fine substrates

Nanocellulose is a functional biomass material that deconstructs natural plant fibers to the nanometer scale. It is mainly divided into three categories: cellulose nanofibrils ( Compared with traditional fiber materials, its microstructure is uniform and fine, with an ultra-large specific surface area and a three-dimensional network porous structure. It fundamentally breaks through the performance shortcomings of traditional biomass materials while fully retaining the core characteristics of natural cellulose, which is non-toxic, harmless, renewable, and completely biodegradable.CNF ), cellulose nanocrystals ( CNC ) and bacterial cellulose ( BC ).

Different from chemical synthetic materials, nanocellulose has a wide range of raw materials, is green and renewable, has low energy consumption and low pollution in the production process, and the finished product has no harmful residues and can be naturally degraded. It truly realizes the green closed loop of the whole life cycle of ' coming from nature and returning to nature ' . It is a core material needed in the industrial field to achieve energy conservation, emission reduction and green compliance.

2. Core advantages: two-way breakthroughs in performance and environmental protection

With its unique material properties, nanocellulose has broken the industry pain points of traditional materials of ' high strength, non-environmental protection, and weak environmental performance ' . It has multiple irreplaceable core advantages and has become the preferred substrate for industrial upgrading:

1. Light weight, high strength, excellent mechanical properties

Nanocellulose has ultimate mechanical properties. Its weight is only 1/5 of steel , but its tensile strength is 5twice that of steel. Its toughness, tear resistance, and fatigue resistance far exceed traditional fiber materials. Adding it to various composite materials, paper, and coating systems can significantly improve the structural stability and durability of the product, effectively extend the service life of the product, and reduce the loss of consumables.

2. Green and low-carbon, full-cycle environmental protection and safety

The raw materials are derived from natural renewable biomass and have no chemical toxicity or VOC pollution. The finished product is 100% biodegradable and will not produce white pollution. It can fully replace traditional materials such as plastics, chemical synthetic gels, and petroleum-based additives, significantly reducing corporate production carbon emissions, helping companies comply with dual-carbon policy requirements and achieve green and compliant production. At the same time, many products have passed authoritative certifications such as FDA 、CE and can be safely used in food, daily chemicals, biomedicine and other livelihood fields.

3. Wide adaptability, easy to modify and compound

Nanocellulose has rich surface active groups and strong compatibility. It can be perfectly integrated with various systems such as resins, rubbers, plastics, coatings, and slurries. It can achieve multiple functions such as thickening, rheology, reinforcement, barrier, and moisturizing through simple modifications. It can adapt to the customized performance needs of different industries and is extremely practical and practical.

4. Diversified functions and extremely high added value

Relying on a unique three-dimensional network structure, nanocellulose has excellent barrier properties, water retention, adsorption and rheological stability. It can not only be used as a structural reinforcement substrate to improve product strength, but also be used as a functional additive to optimize product texture, stability and user experience. One thing has multiple functions, significantly reducing the overall production cost of enterprises.

3. Full-scenario industrial applications, empowering upgrades and innovations in multiple fields

With its excellent comprehensive performance, nanocellulose has achieved large-scale industrial application, covering core fields such as industrial manufacturing, people's consumption, new energy, biomedicine, and environmentally friendly packaging. The implementation scenarios are rich and continuously expanding:

1. Environmentally friendly packaging and papermaking industry

As a paper reinforcement and barrier additive, it can greatly improve the toughness, smoothness, waterproof, oil-proof and printing loss resistance of paper, and solve the problems of traditional paper being prone to blistering, breakage and poor weather resistance. At the same time, fully biodegradable packaging films and preservation coatings can be prepared to replace traditional plastic packaging. Its edible nano-preservation film can extend the freshness period of fruits and vegetables at room temperature by 1-3 times, and the cost is only one-tenth of traditional cold chain preservation, perfectly adapting to the development trend of the green packaging industry.

2. Coating, ink and adhesive industry

It can be used as an environmentally friendly thickening rheology agent and wear-resistant enhancer to effectively improve the suspension stability of coatings, prevent settling and sagging, and improve coating adhesion, wear resistance and weather resistance. It replaces traditional chemical thickening additives, reduces the VOC content of products, and creates environmentally friendly and non-toxic high-end coatings and ink products. It can also prepare high-performance environmentally friendly adhesives to meet the needs of environmentally friendly upgrades in industrial production.

3. Biomedicine and daily chemical fields

With its excellent biocompatibility, non-toxicity, non-irritation, and high moisturizing properties, it can be used to prepare wound dressings, tissue engineering substrates, and drug sustained-release carriers to accurately control the drug release rate and improve the safety and practicality of medical consumables. In the field of daily chemicals, it can replace synthetic gels and be used in skin care products and cleansing products to achieve moisturizing, stabilizing, and texture-brightening effects, and is gentle and suitable for all types of skin types.

4. New energy and flexible electronics industry

It can be used to prepare electrode substrates for lithium batteries and supercapacitors to improve the capacity, stability and cycle life of energy storage equipment. At the same time, relying on the characteristics of light weight, flexibility and strong processability, it is suitable for the production and manufacturing of flexible electronic devices such as flexible displays and flexible sensors. It is the core supporting new material for the new energy and smart electronics industry.

5. Functional composite materials and textile industry

As a reinforcing modified filler, it is used in plastic, rubber, and biomass composite materials to improve material strength, heat resistance, and anti-aging properties, and create lightweight, high-strength, and degradable new composite products. In the textile field, it can optimize fabric toughness, breathability and color fixation effect, and improve the quality and durability of textiles.

4. Enterprise technical strength: Deeply cultivate green materials and achieve high-quality industrialization

Nanjing Tianlu Nanotechnology Co., Ltd. has been deeply engaged in the industrialization of nanocellulose for many years. It has complete core preparation technology, mature modification process and standardized production system, equipped with 25000a square meter modern production base and a professional R&D team, focusing on the R&D, production and customized solution output of high-quality nanocellulose ( CNF/CNC/BC full range of products). The company has broken through the bottleneck of traditional preparation processes and innovatively adopted green pretreatment + refined mechanical stripping + controllable modification core processes to avoid high pollution and high energy consumption production problems. At the same time, it has mastered multiple core technologies such as TEMPO oxidation, carboxylation, and hydrophobic modification. It can stably produce a series of nanocellulose products with high purity, strong uniformity, and stable performance, effectively solving the industry's pain points of weak material adaptability, unstable performance, and difficulty in mass production.

From the selection of natural raw materials, refined process control, full-dimensional finished product inspection to scenario-based application adaptation, Nanjing Tianlu Nano has established a full-process standardized management and control system. Relying on independently developed controlled fermentation, mechanical strengthening, antibacterial compounding and other characteristic technologies, it can customize exclusive nanocellulose products with different particle sizes, viscosity, and functions for different industry scenarios such as environmentally friendly packaging, coatings and inks, biomedicine, daily chemicals, new energy, and composite materials. At the same time, the company provides one-on-one technical implementation guidance, formula optimization and debugging and other value-added services to help customers quickly achieve product upgrades, reduce costs, increase efficiency, and achieve green compliance. Based in Nanjing and radiating across the country, Tianlu Nano has always focused on technological innovation, deeply engaged in the field of bio-based new materials, and is committed to providing core support for the green transformation of various industries with natural, low-carbon, high-performance materials.

5. Industry Value: Leading the Green Future of New Materials

With the tightening of global environmental protection policies and the upgrading of green consumption, low-pollution, recyclable, and high-performance bio-based materials have become the mainstream development direction of the new materials industry. As a renewable, degradable, high-performance core basic material, nanocellulose can not only help companies overcome environmental protection pressures, optimize product performance, and enhance market competitiveness, but can also promote the transformation of traditional high-energy-consuming, high-pollution industries into low-carbon and green industries, helping the entire industry achieve sustainable development.

In the future, Nanjing Tianlu Nanotechnology Co., Ltd. will continue to deepen its efforts in nanocellulose technology iteration, process upgrading and scenario-based application innovation, continue to expand the application boundaries of green materials, and continue to consolidate the advantages of industrialization, scale and customized services. The company will use high-quality products, mature technology and professional one-stop solutions to join hands with partners in various industries to build a green new materials industry ecosystem and empower the entire industry for a low-carbon and sustainable future.