“Pillaring Effects” in Cross-Linked Cellulose Biopolymers: A Study of Structure and Properties

Table 3

Summary of studies for cross-linked cellulose polymers.

Reactants	Reaction media	Structural characterization	Ref.
Cellulose, EP	Homogeneous (urea/NaOH solution)	TGA, AFM, and UV-vis spectroscopy	[71]
Cellulose, EP, and NH4OH	Heterogeneous	FTIR	[72]
Nanocellulose, polyamideamine-EP (PAE)	Homogeneous	SEM and Hg porosimetry	[73]
Cellulose, EP, NH4OH, and NaIO2	Heterogeneous	XRD, TGA, and FTIR	[74]
CMC, EP	Homogeneous	SEM and FTIR	[75]
Bulk cellulose and EP	Heterogeneous	FTIR, SEM, XRD, TGA, solid/solution ^13C NMR, dye decolorization, N2 adsorption, and dye-based SA estimates	This work