Category Archives: nanopaper

About “Haze” in cellulose nanopaper

The opaqueness of standard paper originates from the presence of empty spaces among fibers: the presence of air and other fillers yields a material with a discontinuous refractive index. This causes scattering of light in the backward direction and is the reason why we cannot look through a sheet of paper. This limit represents, actually,Continue reading “About “Haze” in cellulose nanopaper”

The solarleaf project publishes outcomes on cellulose nanopaper modification on the journal Soft Matter

It was released today as a Just Accepted Manuscript the article “Tailoring water stability of cellulose nanopaper by surface functionalization”. The publication is a study on cellulose nanopaper topochemical functionalization, attained via dipping the nanopaper in an organic solution of acyl chlorides. The surface chemistry of cellulose nanocrystals represents a hot topic in the nanocelluloses research.Continue reading “The solarleaf project publishes outcomes on cellulose nanopaper modification on the journal Soft Matter”

Why Nanopaper?

Considering the outmost attention put by the European Community on biodegradable and renewable plastics, the cellulose nanopaper (CNP), consisting of transparent and flexible paper sheets that are completely biodegradable, can find straightworward technological application in packaging, coating and many other applications. Nanopaper is a self-standing transparent film, that can be produced by deposition of nanocellulose crystals or fibers. With regard to chemicalContinue reading “Why Nanopaper?”