Nanocellulose, as a novel biobased material with a wide range of sources, renewable and degradable sources, has attracted much attention in the fields of materials science and engineering in recent years. Among them, the excellent mechanical properties of nanocellulose are one of the key factors that can replace traditional materials and be applied to multiple high-end fields such as composite materials, packaging, and biomedical products. 1. Types and structural characteristics of nanocellulose. Nanocellulose mainly includes three categories: cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) and bacterial cellulose (BC). They all have high crystallinity and high aspect ratio, and their basic structural units are linear chains formed by β-D-glucose units connected by β-1,4-glycosidic bonds. As the scale is reduced to the nanoscale, nanocellulose has a large amount of hydroxyl groups exposed to the surface, giving it good interfacial binding capabilities. 2. Mechanical properties of nanocellulose high strength and high mode
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