@misc{hubbe_szlek_vera_2022, title={Detergency Mechanisms and Cellulosic Surfaces: A Review}, volume={17}, ISSN={["1930-2126"]}, DOI={10.15376/biores.17.4.Hubbe}, abstractNote={The release of soils and impurities from cellulosic surfaces plays a critical role in such processes as the laundering of clothes and the deinking of wastepaper pulps. This article reviews publications that provide evidence about factors that affect such release and the mechanisms by which such factors operate. In general, cellulosic substrates provide advantages for the release of contaminants due to their hydrophilic nature and due to their permeability, allowing the transport of surfactants to contact interfaces with dirt. However, the same permeability of cellulosic material also provides opportunities for contaminants to work themselves into internal crevices and pores, from which they are difficult to remove. The article also reviews aspects of theory related to detergency and how those theories relate to the laundering, deinking, and purifying of substrates based on cellulose and related plant materials. Cellulose and some of its derivatives also can play a role in detergent formulation, especially as builders or as finishes placed on textile surfaces, which sometimes aid in the release of dirt.}, number={4}, journal={BIORESOURCES}, author={Hubbe, Martin A. and Szlek, Dorota B. and Vera, Ramon E.}, year={2022}, month={Nov}, pages={7167–7249} }
 @misc{szlek_reynolds_hubbe_2022, title={Hydrophobic Molecular Treatments of Cellulose-based or Other Polysaccharide Barrier Layers for Sustainable Food Packaging: A Review}, volume={17}, ISSN={["1930-2126"]}, DOI={10.15376/biores.17.2.Szlek}, abstractNote={Paper, nanocellulose, and other polysaccharide-based materials can be excellent candidates for food packaging barrier layers, except that they tend to be vulnerable to moisture. This article reviews published research describing various chemical treatments having the potential to render hydrophobic character to such layers. Emphasis is placed on systems in which hydrophobic monomers are used to treat either particles or sheets comprised largely of polysaccharides. A goal of this review is to identify combinations of materials and procedures having promise for scale-up to industrial production, while providing effective resistance to moisture. The idea is to protect the underlying polysaccharide-based barrier layers such that they can continue to impede the transfer of such permeants as oxygen, greases, flavor compounds, and water vapor. A further goal is to minimize any adverse environmental impacts associated with the treatments. Based on the research articles considered in this review, promising hydrophobic treatments can be achieved involving silanes, ester formation, other covalent interactions, plasma treatments, and to some extent by various treatments that do not require formation of covalent bonds. The article is designed such that readers can skip ahead to items of particular interest to them.}, number={2}, journal={BIORESOURCES}, author={Szlek, Dorota B. and Reynolds, Autumn M. and Hubbe, Martin A.}, year={2022}, month={May}, pages={3551–3673} }