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Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering >> 2019, Volume 13, Issue 1 doi: 10.1007/s11705-018-1723-x

Sodium cellulose sulfate: A promising biomaterial used for microcarriers’ designing

1. Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
2. School of Life Sciences, Anhui University; Anhui Key Laboratory of Modern Biomanufacturing; Key Laboratory of Eco-engineering and Biotechnology of Anhui Province, Hefei 230601, China

Accepted: 2018-05-22 Available online: 2019-02-25

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Abstract

Due to a worldwide focus on sustainable materials for human health and economy services, more and more natural renewable biomass are regarded as promising materials that could replace synthetic polymers and reduce global dependence on petroleum resources. Cellulose is known as the most abundant renewable polymer in nature, varieties of cellulose-based products have been developed and have gained growing interest in recent years. In this review, a kind of water-soluble cellulose derivative, i.e., sodium cellulose sulfate (NaCS) is introduced. Details about NaCS’s physicochemical properties like solubility, biocompatibility, biodegradability, degree of substitution, etc. are systematically elaborated. And promising applications of NaCS used as biomaterials for microcarriers’ designing, such as micro-cell-carriers, micro-drug-carriers, etc., are presented.

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