A method for recycling textiles comprising cellulose with the following steps of: optionally disintegrating the textile, swelling the cellulose, under reducing conditions, wherein at least one reducing agent is present at least during a part of the swelling, and then performing at least one of the following two bleaching steps in any order: i) bleaching the material with oxygen at alkaline conditions with a pH in the range 9-13.5, and ii) bleaching the material with ozone at acid conditions below pH 6. An advantage is that the yield is improved at the same time as excellent decolourization is achieved. If the recycled material is used in viscose manufacture, the risk of clogging nozzles and so on is reduced.

Disclosed are methods of synthesizing organic-inorganic aerogel composites. The method comprises the steps of providing a cellulose component, derived from a plant based material, dispersed in an aqueous medium, adding a water soluble binder and a water soluble polymer to the aqueous medium to form a first mixture, forming a silica component, which is derived from a plant based silicate material, in situ when contacted with the first mixture for a predetermined time and condition to form a second mixture, gelling the second mixture and drying the second mixture to form an organic—inorganic aerogel. Also disclosed are organic-inorganic aerogel composites and their uses thereof. In particular, the organic-inorganic aerogel composites may have applications in thermal insulations, acoustic insulations and/or oil absorption.

A keyboard having a total recycled and renewable content of equal to or greater than 35 wt. %, based on the total weight of the keyboard is described. The keyboard contains a key cap containing a mechanically recycled polycarbonate polymer or a chemically recycled cellulose based polymer, a pair of cross arms forming a scissor-shaped structure containing a polymeric composition containing 60 wt. % to 100 wt. % of a polyoxymethylene polymer, and 0 wt. % to 40 wt. % of a filler containing glass, and a back light module containing a renewably source polycarbonate polymer or a chemically recycled polyester polymer.

Disclosed are a composite cellulose nanosheet with excellent transparency and strength and manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method of a composite cellulose nanosheet includes: preparing a dispersion including a cellulose nanofiber and a cellulose nanocrystal; preparing a nanosheet support with the dispersion; contacting the nanosheet support with a crosslinking agent; and placing the nanosheet support that has contacted the crosslinking agent between two sheets of barrier materials such as two sheets of glass plate.

The present invention provides a method for fabricating patterned cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) composite nanofibers and thin films for optical and electromagnetic sensor and actuator application, comprising the following steps of: selecting materials for fabricating patterned cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) composite nanofibers; and fabricating patterned CNCs composite nanofibers by incorporating secondary phases either during electrospinning or post-processing, wherein the secondary phases may include dielectrics, electrically or magnetically activated nanoparticles or polymers and biological cells in mechanically reinforced by CNCs.

There is described a method of manufacturing a security article, said method comprising the steps of: introducing into an offset printing device a transparent film comprising a non-fibrous substrate layer of regenerated cellulose; disposing an opacification layer on at least a portion of at least one surface of said film by a first offset printing step; and disposing printed information on at least a portion of said opacification layer by a second offset printing step.

The subject of the present invention is to provide a resin material in which pulp and a thermoplastic resin are uniformly mixed, and which is easy to mold. Provided is a molding resin material comprising pulp having a 50% average particle size (D50) on a volume basis measured by a laser diffraction/scattering method of 100 μm or less, preferably 10 to 90% by mass of a pulverized product of hardwood chemical pulp, and further comprising a thermoplastic resin such as a polyolefin-based resin and a polylactic acid-based resin.

According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for foam assisted drying of nano- and microfibrillated cellulose, which is easily up-scalable and cost-efficient.

Microencapsulation methods are provided using encapsulant, fiber or film forming compositions of a cross-linkable anionic polymer, a multivalent cation salt, a chelating agent, and a volatile base. During the formation of this composition, the generally acidic chelating agent is titrated with a volatile base to an elevated pH to improve ion-binding capability. Multivalent cations are sequestered in cation-chelate complexes. Cross-linkable polymers in this solution will remain freely dissolved until some disruption of equilibrium induces the release of the free multivalent cations from the cation-chelate complex. Vaporization of the volatile base drops the pH of the solution causing the cation-chelate complexes to dissociate and liberate multivalent cations that associate with the anionic polymer to form a cross-linked matrix. During spray-drying, the formation of a wet particle, polymer cross-linking, and particle drying occur nearly simultaneously.

Provided is a novel method for producing cellulose beads, the method being capable of suitably producing spherical cellulose beads. The method for producing cellulose beads includes: (Step 1) preparing a coagulating bath having a first liquid medium phase and a second liquid medium phase; (Step 2) forming a particulate cellulose solution in the first liquid medium phase by supplying a cellulose solution to the first liquid medium phase of the coagulating bath; and (Step 3) coagulating the particulate cellulose solution by supplying the particulate cellulose solution in the first liquid medium phase to the second liquid medium phase.