Recent Developments of Carboxymethyl Cellulose

  • Polymers (Basel). 2021 Apr 20;13(8):1345. doi: 10.3390/polym13081345.
Md Saifur Rahman  1 ,  Md Saif Hasan  2 ,  Ashis Sutradhar Nitai  2 ,  Sunghyun Nam  3 ,  Aneek Krishna Karmakar  2 ,  Md Shameem Ahsan  2 ,  Muhammad J A Shiddiky  4 ,  Mohammad Boshir Ahmed  5
Affiliations
  • 1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.
  • 2. Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh.
  • 3. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Regional Research Center, 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70124, USA.
  • 4. School of Environment and Science (ESC) and Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre (QMNC), Griffith University, Nathan 4111, Australia.
  • 5. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Korea.
PMID: 33924089 DOI: 10.3390/polym13081345
Abstract

Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) is one of the most promising cellulose derivatives. Due to its characteristic surface properties, mechanical strength, tunable hydrophilicity, viscous properties, availability and abundance of raw Materials, low-cost synthesis process, and likewise many contrasting aspects, it is now widely used in various advanced application fields, for example, food, paper, textile, and pharmaceutical industries, biomedical engineering, wastewater treatment, energy production, and storage energy production, and storage and so on. Many research articles have been reported on CMC, depending on their sources and application fields. Thus, a comprehensive and well-organized review is in great demand that can provide an up-to-date and in-depth review on CMC. Herein, this review aims to provide compact information of the synthesis to the advanced applications of this material in various fields. Finally, this article covers the insights of future CMC research that could guide researchers working in this prominent field.

Keywords
3D bio-printing; CMC; bio-sensing; drug delivery; energy production; food; pharmaceutical; textile; water treatment; wound dressing.
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