公开(公告)号：US20220403173A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-22

申请号：US17772863

申请日：2020-10-28

申请人： University of Maine System Board of Trustees

发明人： Michael Darin Mason ,  Mehdi Tajvidi ,  Aileen Co ,  Seyed Ali Haji Mirza Tayeb ,  Islam Hafez ,  David Gregg Holomakoff

IPC分类号： C08L97/02 ,  C08J9/28 ,  F26B3/347

摘要： The present invention includes methods of making a nanocellulosic composition comprising one or more nanocellulosic components, wherein the one or more nanocellulosic components comprise a micron-scale cellulose or cellulose nanofibrils (CNF), the method comprising the steps of: creating a nanocellulosic slurry by combining the one or more of nanocellulosic components with a liquid component; and exposing the nanocellulosic slurry to a drying condition, wherein the drying condition comprises microwave radiation, thereby creating a nanocellulosic composition. The present invention also includes compositions comprising cellulose (nanocellulosic compositions), wherein the nanocellulosic compositions have an internal void space of about 5% to about 95% by volume.