Overview of bacterial cellulose composites: a multipurpose advanced material.
Bacterial cellulose (BC) has received substantial interest owing to its unique structural features and impressive physico-mechanical properties. BC has a variety of applications in biomedical fields, including use as biomaterial for artificial skin, artificial blood vessels, vascular grafts, scaffolds for tissue engineering, and wound dressing. However, pristine BC lacks certain properties, which limits its applications in various fields; therefore, synthesis of BC composites has been conducted to address these limitations. A variety of BC composite synthetic strategies have been developed based on the nature and relevant applications of the combined materials. BC composites are primarily synthesized through in situ addition of reinforcement materials to BC synthetic media or the ex situ penetration of such materials into BC microfibrils. Polymer blending and solution mixing are less frequently used synthetic approaches. BC composites have been synthesized using numerous materials ranging from organic polymers to inorganic nanoparticles. In medical fields, these composites are used for tissue regeneration, healing of deep wounds, enzyme immobilization, and synthesis of medical devices that could replace cardiovascular and other connective tissues. Various electrical products, including biosensors, biocatalysts, E-papers, display devices, electrical instruments, and optoelectronic devices, are prepared from BC composites with conductive materials. In this review, we compiled various synthetic approaches for BC composite synthesis, classes of BC composites, and applications of BC composites. This study will increase interest in BC composites and the development of new ideas in this field.
['Shah|Nasrullah|N|', 'Ul-Islam|Mazhar|M|', 'Khattak|Waleed Ahmad|WA|', 'Park|Joong Kon|JK|']
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Bacterial cellulose composites bacterial cellulose BC HA Applications Synthetic approaches nanoparticles AAc CNTs COL Ch Classification EFM FE-SEM FRP FeO GO HRP MIP MMT N-methy morpholine N-oxide NMMO NPs OLED PAni PBH PVA Pd Pt TEM TiO(2) X-ray diffraction XRD ZnO acrylic acid carbon nanotubes chitosan collagen electric force microscopy fiber reinforced polymer field emission scanning electron microscopy graphene oxide horseradish peroxidase hydroxyapatite iron oxide molecularly imprinted polymers montmorrilonite organic light emitting diode palladium platinum poly-3-hydroxybutyrate polyanaline polyvinyl alcohol titanium dioxide transmission electron microscopy zinc oxide