Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2023, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (2): 20220474.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20220474

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Self-assembly of Cellulose Nanocrystals in Spatial Confinement: from Colloidal Liquid Crystals to Functional Materials

DUAN Yixiong, YANG Bai, LI Yunfeng()   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials,College of Chemistry,Jilin University,Changchun 130012,China
  • Received:2022-07-11 Online:2023-02-10 Published:2022-08-30
  • Contact: LI Yunfeng E-mail:yflichem@jlu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21972054);the Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province, China(20220101204JC)

Abstract:

Cellulose nanocrystals(CNCs), as one of the most promising bioderived materials, have many important applications in the fields of energy, biomedicine and photonic materials because of their abundance, biocompatibility, and ability to form photonic structures. This perspective highlights the recent advances in the self-assembly of CNCs in spatially confined geometry. We review the preparation of CNCs, the cholesteric liquid crystal formed by CNCs, photonic materials derived from CNCs, self-assembly of CNCs in the droplets and cylindrical capillary and functional materials based on the confined assembly of CNCs, and discuss the new research directions in the self- assembly of CNCs in spatial confinement.

Key words: Cellulose nanocrystal, Spatial confinement, Self-assembly, Colloidal liquid crystal

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