Nanocellulose–Mycelium Hybrid Materials: Biofabrication of Nanocellulose–Mycelium Hybrid Materials (Adv. Sustainable Syst. 2/2021)

Abstract

The cover image representing article number 2000196 by Tiffany Abitbol and co‐workers shows a polarized optical microscopy image showing a mycelium pellet grown in the presence of cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs). The result is a hybrid bionanocomposite, where the CNF becomes integrated within the fungal pellets, engulfed by mycelium. In the image, the mycelium appears as a delicate semi‐transparent web, whereas the CNF is birefringent (yellow and blue) due to its crystalline structure, thus distinguishing it from mycelium.

Sustainable and Printable Nanocellulose-Based Ionogels as Gel Polymer Electrolytes for Supercapacitors

“…CNFc fabrication was done according to the general methodology described in the literature [26]. Most commonly, CNFc is prepared with a total charge of ~600 µeq/g, corresponding to a carboxmethyl degree of substitution (DS) of 0.1 [27]. In this work, a higher charge DS 0.3 CNFc was produced as has been recently described [28].…”