Close to 30 years ago the polyelectrolyte Layer-by-Layer technique was introduced by Decher et al.1 With this approach it was shown possible to tailor interfaces with self-organized films with nanometer precision using stratified layers of polyelectrolytes/nanocolloids of opposite charge. The technique has received an almost unmatched scientific attention both regarding the fundamentals of LbL formation and use for improving material properties and create new nano-tailored devices. Despite some large-scale applications, the technique is still awaiting a major breakthrough in materials production or device manufacture. One area where the technique has gained some commercial success is in the treatment of cellulose-rich fibres for the preparation of fire-retardant paper, dry and wet strong papers and antibacterial fibrous networks just to mention a few applications. The LbL technique has also been adopted to nanocellulose based materials to create energy storage materials and antibacterial nanocellulose films. Despite the rather simple preparation of these nanostructured thin films and their excellent performance the theory behind the LbL formation on cellulose substrates and virtually any substrate is not fully known and poses a large future research challenge. The present contribution will give a review of the fundamentals of LbL preparation on cellulose-rich materials and also to summarize the most promising LbL-tratments developed so far for these materials.

Review of the tailoring of cellulose surfaces with the layer-by-layer technique to create new cellulose-based materials and devices

Macromolecular Chemistry: The Second Century

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