Modification of Cellulose

Abstract

With increasing concerns about synthetic polymers for the environment, the application of natural polymers, especially cellulose due to abundance, biodegradability, nontoxicity, and high functionality, is increasing. For inducing the desired properties of cellulose, it's necessary to manipulate the cellulose structure. Therefore, the modification of cellulose becomes important. The modification of cellulose is introducing organic and inorganic compounds on the polymer. A significant variation in the cellulose properties can be observed with the binding of polymers. Also, mineralization of cellulose has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years. This chapter investigated all of these modifications on cellulose.