Transforming Cellulose for Sustainability: Comprehensive Insights into Modification Approaches and Their Applications

Cellulose, the most abundant natural biopolymer, has attracted significant attention due to its renewability, biodegradability, low toxicity, and specific tensile strength, enabling diverse applications across multiple sectors. Cellulose-based modified products have diverse applications in numerous fields, including pulp and paper, textiles, food, beverage, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and biomedical, energy storage, and environmental remediation. This review provides an in-depth and critical comparative evaluation of physical, biological, and chemical modification techniques, including esterification, etherification, oxidation, graft copolymerization, plasma treatment, ultraviolet treatment, ozone treatment,…

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  Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India