Materials Advances: Nanocellulose and hybrid materials for environmental applications

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Nanocellulose and hybrid materials for environmental applications

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Deadline: 07 October 2026
Guest Editors: Priyanka Sharma, Western Michigan University
Sunil Kumar Sharma, State University of New York, Stony Brook
Miriam Rafailovich, State University of New York, Stony Brook
Mayyada El-Sayed, American University in Cairo

With growing environmental and ecological concerns, the development of new functional materials from nanocellulose has become of great public value. This collection brings together a selection of outstanding reviews, perspectives, research articles, and communications, collectively providing a panoramic view of the field’s current advances. The contribution ranges from sourcing, synthesis, characterization, and surface modification of nanocellulose and nanocellulose composites to their environmental applications, including water purification, environmental remediation, CO2, capture, PFAS removal, filtration, membrane technology, and heavy metal ion removal and recovery.


We invite submissions encompassing, but not limited to, the following topics:

  • New synthesis methodologies for various forms of nanocellulose.
  • Advanced characterization methods for various forms of nanocellulose, including nanofibers, nanocrystals, and spherical nanocellulose.
  • Synthesis and characterization of novel nanocellulose composite materials.
  • Applications of nanocellulose and composite materials in environmental remediation, For example; wastewater treatment, water desalination, CO2 capture, PFAS removal, filtration of emerging contaminants such as antibiotics, pesticides, membrane separation and heavy metal ion removal and recovery.
  • Fundamental studies on interactions of pollutant molecules with nanocellulose and composite materials. 


Manuscripts should be submitted via our . Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for the themed collection in response to the open call. 


The Editorial Office and Guest Editors reserve the right to check the suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal's usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online, and they will be published in a regular issue of Materials Advances. 

Materials Advances

Impact factor

4.7 (2024)

First decision time (all)

32 days

First decision time (peer)

42 days

Editor-in-chief

Martyn McLachlan
Jessica Winter
Li-Zhu Wu

Open access

Gold

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