Wim Thielemans

TL;DR: An overview of recent progress in the area of cellulose nanofibre-based nanocomposites is given in this article, with particular emphasis on applications, such as reinforced adhesives, to make optically transparent paper for electronic displays, to create DNA-hybrid materials, to generate hierarchical composites and for use in foams, aerogels and starch nanocom composites.

TL;DR: This critical review summarises the different conditions which have been described to synthesise PCL, and gives a broad overview of the different catalytic systems that were used (enzymatic, organic and metal catalyst systems).

TL;DR: This review analyses the type of cellulose nanocrystal modification reactions that have been published in the literature thus far and looks at the steps taken towards analysing the products of the nanocrystals modifications.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used sisal nanowhiskers as reinforcement to obtain nanocomposites with polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) as matrix phase.

TL;DR: A state-of-art overview of recycling is provided together with an outlook for the future by using popular polymers such as polyolefins, poly(vinyl chloride), polyurethane, and poly(ethylene terephthalate) as examples.