Figure 6.

Schematic representation of wetting and hydration of nanocellulose. (a) Water and nanocellulose interactions from a supramolecular hierarchical point of view.²⁶ (a) Adapted from ref (26) under the terms of CC_BY. Copyright 2020 John Wiley and Sons. (b) Wetting of cellulose nanofibers, highlighting the different states of water (bulk, free, and bound water) within nanocellulose networks. (c) Wetting of cellulose nanocrystals (in green) surrounded by adsorbed water (light blue)²⁷¹ (c) Adapted with permission from ref (271). Copyright 2015 American Chemical Society.