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2022

  • Johns, M.; Abu-Namous, J.; Zang, Z.; Lockhart, J.; Cranston, E.D. Autofluorescent Spectroscopy for Analysis of Cellulose Nanocrystals. Submitted 2022.
  • Vanderfleet, O.M.; D’Acierno, F.; Isogai, A.; MacLachlan, M.J.; Michal, C.A.; Cranston, E.D.* Effects of Surface Chemistry and Counterion Selection on the Thermal Behavior of Carboxylated Cellulose Nanocrystals. Submitted 2022.
  • Liu, L.; Guo, J.; Su, W.; Hu, Z.; Sui, X.; Mao, Z.*; Cranston, E.D.* Entropy-driven Adsorption of Cellulose Ethers to Cellulose Nanocrystals Measured in 2D and 3D. Submitted 2022.
  • Manser, M.; Morgan, B.A.#; Feng, X.; Rhem, R.; Dolovich, M.B.; Xing, Z.; Cranston, E.D.; Thompson, M.R. Dextran Mass Ratio Controls Particle Drying Dynamics in a Thermally Stable Dry Powder Vaccine for Pulmonary Delivery. Pharmaceutical Research 2022. Accepted.
  • Singh, V.; Son, Y.-J.; Dolovich, M.; Xing, Z.; Cranston, E.D. Thompson, M.R. Screening Amino Acid Additives as Aerosolization Modifiers for Spray Dried Inhalable Viral-Vectored Vaccines. International Journal of Pharmaceutics 2022. Accepted.
  • Babi, M.; Palermo, A.; Abitbol, T.; Fatona, A.; Jarvis, V.; Nayak, A.; Cranston, E.D.; Moran-Mirabal, J.M. Direct Imaging of the Alternating Disordered and Crystalline Structure of Cellulose Fibrils Via Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy. Available on ChemRxiv.
  • Kiriakou, M.; Pakdel, A.; Berry, R.M.; Hoare, T.; Dube, M.A. Cranston, E.D.* Incorporation of Polymer-Grafted Cellulose Nanocrystals into Latex-Based Pressure Sensitive Adhesives. ACS Materials Au 2022, 2, 176–189.
  • Gabriel, V.A.; Tousignant, M.N.; Wilson, S.M.W.; Faure, M.D.M; Cranston, E.D.; Cunningham, M.F.; Lessard, B.H.; Dube, M.A. Improving Latex-Based Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Properties Using Carboxylated Cellulose Nanocrystals. Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 2022 (ASAP), 2100051.
  • Eichhorn, S.; Etale, A.; Wang, J.; Berglund, L.A.; Li, Y.; Cai, Y.; Chen, C.; Cranston, E.D; Johns, M.@; Fang, Z. ; Li, G.; Hu, L.; Khandelwal, M.; Lee, K.-Y.; Oksman, K.; Pinitsoontorn, S.; Quero, F.; Sebastian, A.; Titirici, M.M.; Xu, Z.; Vignolini, S.; Frka-Petesic, B. Current International Research into Cellulose as a Functional Nanomaterial for Advanced Applications. Journal of Materials Science 2022, 57, 5697–5767.
  • Manser, M.; Feng, X.; Xing, Z.; Cranston, E.D.; Thompson, M.R. Cryoprotective Agents Influence Viral Dosage and Thermal Stability of Inhalable Dry Powder Vaccines International Journal of Pharmaceutics 2022, 617, 121602 (1-9).

2021

  • Delepierre, G.; Vanderfleet, O.M.; Niinivaara, E.; Zakani, B.; Cranston, E.D.* Benchmarking Cellulose Nanocrystals Part II: New Industrially Produced Materials. Langmuir 2021, 27 (28), 8393-8409. ACS Editor’s Choice article and journal cover.
  • Vanderfleet, O.M.; Winitsky, J.; Bras, J.; Godoy-Vargas, J.; Lafitte, V.; Cranston, E.D.* Hydrothermal Treatments of Aqueous Cellulose Nanocrystal Suspensions: Effects on Structure and Surface Charge Content. Cellulose 2021, 28 (16), 10239-10257.
  • Pakdel, A.S.; Cranston, E.D.; Dube, M.A. Incorporating Hydrophobic Cellulose Nanocrystals inside Latex Particles via Mini‐Emulsion Polymerization. Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 2021 (ASAP), 2100023.
  • Osorio, D.A.; Niinivaara, E.; Jankovic, N.C.; Demir, E.C.; Benkaddour, A.; Jarvis, V.; Ayranci, A.; McDermott, M.T.; de Lannoy, C.F.; Cranston, E.D.* Cellulose Nanocrystals Influence Polyamide 6 Crystal Structure, Spherulite Uniformity, and Mechanical Performance of Nanocomposite Films. ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2021, 3 (9), 4673-4684.
  • Gestranius, M.; Kontturi, K.S.; Mikkelson, A.; Virtanen, T.; Schirp, C.; Cranston, E.D.; Kontturi, E.; Tammelin, T. Creaming Layers of Nanocellulose Stabilized Water-Based Polystyrene: High-Solids Emulsions for 3D Printing, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, section Chemical Reaction Engineering 2021, 3, 738643.
  • Niinivaara, E.; Ouzas, A.; Fraschini, C.; Berry, R.M., Dube, M.A.; Cranston, E.D.* How Latex Film Formation and Adhesion at the Nanoscale Correlate to Performance of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives with Cellulose Nanocrystals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 2021, 379, 2206.
  • Morgan, B.; Xing, Z.;Thompson, M.R.; Cranston, E.D.* Validation of a Diffusion-Based Single Droplet Drying Model for Encapsulation of a Viral-Vectored Vaccine using an Acoustic Levitator. International Journal of Pharmaceutics 2021, 605, 120806 (1-9).
  • Delepierre, G.; Traeger, H.; Adamcik, J.; Cranston, E.D.; Weder, C.; Zoppe. Liquid Crystalline Properties of Symmetric and Asymmetric End-Grafted Cellulose Nanocrystals. Biomacromolecules 2021, 22 (8), 3552-3564.
  • Niinivaara, E.; Desmaisons, J.; Dufresne, A.; Bras, J.; Cranston, E.D.* Thick Polyvinyl Alcohol Films Reinforced with Cellulose Nanocrystals for Coating Applications. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2021, 4 (8), 8015-8025.
  • Niinivaara, E.; Vanderfleet, O.M.; Kontturi, E.; Cranston, E.D.* Tuning Physicochemical Properties of Cellulose Nanocrystals through an In-Situ Oligosaccharide Surface Modification Method. Biomacromolecules 2021, 22 (8), 3284-3296.
  • Kiriakou, M.K.; Berry, R.M; Hoare, T.R.; Cranston, E.D.* Effect of Reaction Media on Grafting Hydrophobic Polymers from Cellulose Nanocrystals via Surface-initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. Biomacromolecules 2021, 22 (8), 3601-3612.
  • Johns, M.; Nigmatullin, R.; Cranston, E.D.; Eichhorn, S.J. The Physicochemical Effect of Sugar Alcohol Plasticisers on Oxidised Nanocellulose Gels and Extruded Filaments. Cellulose 2021, 28, 7829-7843.
  • Leite, L.S.F.; Pham, C.; Bilatto, S.; Azeredo, H.M.C.; Cranston, E.D.; Moreira, F.K.; Mattoso, L.; Bras, J. Effect of Tannic Acid and Cellulose Nanocrystals on Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of Gelatin Films. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2021, 9 (25), 8539-8549.
  • Stimpson, T.C.; Osorio, D.A.; Cranston, E.D.; Moran-Mirabal, J.M. A Direct Comparison of Three Buckling-Based Methods to Measure the Elastic Modulus of Nanobiocomposite Thin Films. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2021, 13 (24), 29187-29198.
  • Delepierre, G.; Heise, K.; Malinen, K.; Koso, T. Pitkanen, L.; Cranston, E.D.; Kilpeläinen, I.; Kostiainen, M.; Kontturi, E. Weder, C.; Zoppe, J.; King, A. Challenges in Synthesis and Analysis of Asymmetrically Grafted Cellulose Nanocrystals via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. Biomacromolecules 2021, 22 (6), 2702-2717.
  • De France, K.J.; Xu, F.; Toufanian, S.; Chan, K.J.W.; Said, S.; Stimpson, T.C.; González-Martínez, E.; Moran-Mirabal, J.M.; Cranston, E.D.; Hoare, T. Multi-Scale Structuring of Cell-Instructive Cellulose Nanocrystal Composite Hydrogel Sheets via Sequential Electrospinning and Thermal Wrinkling. Acta Biomaterialia 2021, 128, 250-261.
  • Ferreira, E.S.; Rezende, C.A.; Cranston, E.D.* Fundamentals of Cellulose Lightweight Materials: Bio-Based Assemblies with Tailored Properties. Green Chemistry 2021, 23, 3542 – 3568. Highlighted as a 2021 HOT article & invited journal cover.
  • Hiltunen, A.; Or, T.; Lahtonen,K.; Ali-Löytty, H.; Tkachenko, N.; Valden, M.; Sarlin, E.; Cranston, E.D.; Moran-Mirabal, J.M.; Vapaavuori, J. Ultrathin-walled 3D Inorganic Nanostructured Networks Templated from Cross-linked Cellulose Nanocrystal Aerogels. Advanced Materials Interfaces 2021, 8 (11), 2001181.
  • Vanderfleet, O.M.; Cranston, E.D.*; Production Routes to Tailor the Performance of Cellulose Nanocrystals. Nature Reviews Materials 2021, 6, 124–144. Invited review. [Impact factor: 71.2 – highest in the field]
  • Bushell, M.; Meija, J.; Chen, M.; Batchelor, W.; Browne, C.; Cho, J.-Y.; Clifford, C.A.; Al-Rekabi, Z.; Vanderfleet, O.M.; Cranston, E.D.; Lawn, M.; Coleman, V.; Nystrom, G.; Arcari, M.; Mezzenga, R.; Park, B.C.; Shin, C.; Ren, L.; Bu, T.; Saito, T.; Kaku, Y.; Wagner, R.; Johnson, L.J. Particle Size Distributions For Cellulose Nanocrystals Measured By Atomic Force Microscopy: An Interlaboratory Comparison. Cellulose 2021, 28, 1387-1403.

2020

  • Pakdel, A.S.; Niinivaara, E.; Cranston, E.D.; Berry, R.M.; Dube, M.A. Cellulose Nanocrystal (CNC)–Latex Nanocomposites: Effect of CNC Hydrophilicity and Charge on Rheological, Mechanical, and Adhesive Properties. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2020, 42 (3), 2000448.
  • Talantikite, M.; Stimpson, T.C.; Gourlay, A.; Le-Gall, S.; Moreau, C.; Cranston, E.D.; Moran-Mirabal, J.M.; Cathala, B. Bioinspired Thermo-Responsive Xyloglucan-Cellulose Nanocrystal Hydrogels. Biomacromolecules 2020, 22, 743–753.
  • Stimpson, T.C.; Cathala, B; Moreau, C.; Moran-Mirabal, J.M.M; Cranston, E.D. Xyloglucan Structure Impacts the Mechanical Properties of Xyloglucan-Cellulose Nanocrystal Layered Films–a Buckling-Based Study. Biomacromolecules 2020, 21, 9, 3898–3908.
  • Kedzior, S.A.; Gabriel, V.; Dubé, M.A.; Cranston, E.D. Nanocellulose in Emulsions and Heterogeneous Water-Based Polymer Systems: A Review. Advanced Materials 2020, 2002404.
  • Toniolo, S.P.; Afkhami, S.; D’Agostino, M.R.; Lichty, B.D.; Cranston, E.D.; Xing, Z.; Thompson, M.R. Spray dried VSV-vectored Vaccine is Thermally Stable and Immunologically Active in vivo. Scientific Reports 2020. 10, 13349.
  • Delepierre, G.; Eyley, S.; Thielemans, W.; Weder, C.; Cranston, E.D.; Zoppe, J.O. Patience Is a Virtue: Self-Assembly and Physico-Chemical Properties of Cellulose Nanocrystal Allomorphs. Nanoscale 2020, 12, 17480-17493.
  • Niinivaara, E. Cranston, E.D. Bottom-up Assembly of Nanocellulose Structures. Carbohydrate Polymers 2020, 247, 116664.
  • Niinivaara, E.; Desmaisons, J.; Dufresne, A.; Bras, J.; Cranston, E.D. Film Thickness Limits of a Buckling-Based Method to Determine Mechanical Properties of Polymer Coatings. Journal of Colloids and Interface Science 2020, 582, 227-235.
  • Gabriel, V.; Cranston, E.D.; Dube, M.A. Pushing the Limits with Cellulose Nanocrystal Loadings in Latex‐Based Pressure‐Sensitive Adhesive Nanocomposites. Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 2020, 2000027.
  • Ferreira, E.S.; Cranston, E.D.; Rezende, C.A. Naturally Hydrophobic Foams from Lignocellulosic Fibers Prepared by Oven Drying. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2020. 8, 8267–8278.
  • Morgan, B.A.; Manser, M.; Jeyanathan, M.; Xing, Z.; Cranston, E.D.; Thompson, M.R. Effect of Shear Stresses on Adenovirus Activity and Aggregation During Atomization to Produce Thermally Stable Vaccines by Spray Drying, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2020. 6, 4304–4313.
  • Ferreira, F.V.; Otoni, C.G.; De France, K.J.; Barud, H.S.; Lona, L.M.F.; Cranston, E.D.; Rojas, O.J. Porous Nanocellulose Gels and Foams: Breakthrough Status in the Development of Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering. Materials Today 2020, 37, 126-141.
  • De France, K.J; D’Emilio, E.; Cranston, E.D.; Geiger, T.; Nyström, G. Dual Physically and Chemically Crosslinked Regenerated Cellulose–Gelatin Composite Hydrogels towards Art Restoration. Carbohydrate Polymers 2020, 234,115885.
  • Pakdel, A.S.; Gabriel, V.; Berry, R.M.; Fraschini, C.; Cranston, E.D.; Dubé, M.A. A Sequential Design Approach for In Situ Incorporation of Cellulose Nanocrystals in Emulsion-Based Pressure Sensitive Adhesives. Cellulose 2020, ASAP.
  • De France, K.J.; Cranston, E.D.; Hoare, T. Mechanically Reinforced Injectable Hydrogels. ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2020, 2, 3, 1016-1030.

2019

  • Or, T.; Saem, S.; Esteve, A.; Osorio, D.A.; De France, K.J.; Vapaavuori, J.; Hoare, T.; Cerf, A.; Cranston, E.D.; Moran-Mirabal, J. Patterned Cellulose Nanocrystal Aerogel Films with Tunable Dimensions and Morphologies as Ultra-Porous Scaffolds for Cell Culture. ACS Applied Nano Materials 2019, 2, 4169-4179.
  • Or, T.; Miettunen, K.E.; Cranston, E.D.; Moran-Mirabal, J.; Vapaavuori, J. Cellulose Nanocrystal Aerogels as Electrolyte Scaffolds for Glass and Plastic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2019, 2, 5635-5642.
  • LeClair, D.; Li, L.; Rahman, N.; Cranston, E.D.; Xing, Z.; Thompson, M.R. Stabilization of HSV-2 Viral Vaccine Candidate by Spray Drying. International Journal of Pharmaceutics 2019, 569,  118615.
  • Gicquel, E.; Martin, C.; Gauthoier, Q.; Engstrom, J.; Abbattista, C.; Carlmark, A.; Cranston, E.D.; Jean, B.; Bras, J.; Tailoring Rheological Properties of Thermoresponsive Hydrogels through Block Copolymer Adsorption to Cellulose Nanocrystals. Biomacromolecules 2019, 20, 2545-2556.
  • De France, K.J.; Badv, M.; Dorogin, J.; Siebers, E.; Panchal, V.; Babi, M.; Moran-Mirabal, J.; Lawlor, M.; Cranston, E.D.; Hoare, T.* Tissue Response and Biodistribution of Injectable Cellulose Nanocrystal Composite Hydrogels. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering2019, 5, 2235-2246.
  • Morgan, B.A.; Xing, Z.; Cranston, E.D.; Thompson, M.R. Acoustic Levitation as a Screening Method for Excipient Selection in the Development of Dry Powder Vaccines. International Journal of Pharmaceutics 2019, 563, 71-78.
  • Osorio, D.A.; Lee, B.E.J.; Kwiecien, J.M.; Wang, X.; Shahid, I.; Hurley, A.L. Cranston, E.D.*; Grandfield, K. Cross-linked Cellulose Nanocrystal Aerogels as Viable Bone Tissue Scaffolds. Acta Biomaterialia 2019, 87, 152-165.
  • De France, K.J.; Babi, M.; Vapaavuori, J.; Hoare, T.; Moran-Mirabal, J.; Cranston, E.D.* 2.5D Hierarchical Structuring of Nanocomposite Hydrogel Films Containing Cellulose Nanocrystals. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11, 6325-6335.
  • Vanderfleet, O.M.; Reid, M.S.; Bras, J.; Heux, L.; Godoy-Vargas, J.; Panga, M.K.R.; Cranston, E.D.* Insight Into Thermal Stability of Cellulose Nanocrystals from New Hydrolysis Methods with Acid Blends. Cellulose 2019, 26, 507-528
  • Toniolo, S.P.; Afkhami, S.; Mahmood, A.; Fradin, C.; Lichty, B.D.; Miller, M.S.; Xing, Z.; Cranston, E.D.; Thompson, M.R. Excipient Selection for Thermally Stable Enveloped and Non-Enveloped Viral Vaccine Platforms in Dry Powders. International Journal of Pharmaceutics 2019, 561, 66-73.

2018

  • Johnston, L.J.; Jakubek, Z.J.; Beck, S.; Araki, J.; Cranston, E.D.; Danumah, C.; Fox, D.; Li, H.; Wang, J.; Mester, Z.; Moores, A.; Murphy, K.; Rabb, S.A.; Rudie, A.; Stephan, C. Determination of Sulfur and Sulfate Half-Ester Content in Cellulose Nanocrystals: An Interlaboratory Comparison. Metrologia 2018, 55, 872-882.
  • Kedzior, S.A.; Zoppe, J.O.; Berry, R.M.; Cranston, E.D.* Recent Advances and an Industrial Perspective of Cellulose Nanocrystal Functionalization through Polymer Grafting. Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cossms.2018.11.005 (in press).
  • Levin, L.; Saem, S.; Osorio, D.A.; Cerf, A.; Cranston, E.D.; Moran-Mirabal, J.M.* Green Templating of Ultraporous Cross-Linked Cellulose Nanocrystal Microparticles. Chemistry of Materials 2018, 30, 8040-8051.
  • Kedzior, S.A.; Kiriakou, M.; Niinivaara, E.; Dube, M.A.; Fraschini, C.; Berry, R. M.; Cranston, E.D.* Incorporating Cellulose Nanocrystals into the Core of Polymer Latex Particles through Polymer Grafting. ACS Macro Letters 2018, 7, 990-996.
  • Liu, L.; Hu, Z.; Sui, X.; Guo, J.; Cranston, E.D.*; Mao, Z. Effect of Counterion Choice on the Stability of Cellulose Nanocrystal Pickering Emulsions. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2018, 57, 7169-7180.
  • LeClair, D.; Cranston, E.D.; Lichty, B.D.; Xing, Z.; Thompson, M.R. Consecutive Spray Drying to Produce Coated Dry Powder Vaccines Suitable for Oral Administration. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2018, 4, 1669-1678.
  • Dastjerdi, Z.; Cranston, E.D.; Berry, R.; Fraschini, C.; Dube, M.A. Polymer Nanocomposites for Emulsion-Based Coatings and Adhesives. Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 2018, DOI: 0.1002/mren.201800050 (in press).
  • King, A.W.T.; Kedzior, S.A.; Laaksonen, T.; Holding, A.J.; Helminen, J.K.J.; Heikkinen, S.; Mäkelä, M.; Cranston, E.D.; Kilpeläinen, I. Liquids NMR Toolbox for the Analysis of Chemically Modified Nanocelluloses. Biomacromolecules 2018, 19, 2708-2720.
  • Osorio, D.A.; Seifried, B.; Moquin, P.; Grandfield, K.; Cranston, E.D.* Morphology of Cross-linked Cellulose Nanocrystal Aerogels: Cryo-templating vs. Pressurized Gas Expansion Processing. Journal of Materials Science 2018, 53, 9842-9860.
  • Ouzas, A.; Ninivaara, E.; Cranston, E.D.; Dube, M.A.. Cellulose Nanocrystal Nanocomposites for Adhesive Applications via In Situ Semi Batch Emulsion Polymerization. Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 2018, 12, 1700068.
  • Klemm, D.; Cranston, E.; Fischer, F.; Gama, M.; Kedzior, S.A.; Kralisch, D.; Kramer, F.; Kondo, F.; Lindström, T.; Nietzsche, S.; Petzold-Welcke, K.; Rauchfuß, F. Nanocellulose as a Natural Source for Groundbreaking Applications in Materials Science: Today’s State, Materials Today 2018, 21, 720-748.
  • 25 authors including Reid, M.S.; Cranston, E.D.; Moon, R.J.; Foster, E.J. Current Characterization Methods for Cellulose Nanomaterials, Chemical Society Reviews 2018, 47, 2609-2679.
  • Ouzas, A.; Niinivaara, E.; Cranston, E.D.; Dubé, M.A. Synthesis of Poly(Isobutyl Acrylate/n-Butyl Acrylate/Methyl Methacrylate) CNC Nanocomposites for Adhesive Applications via In Situ Semi-Batch Emulsion Polymerization. Polymer Composites 2018, in press.
  • Vanderfleet, O.M.; Osorio, D.A.; Cranston, E.D.* Optimization of Cellulose Nanocrystal Length and Surface Charge Density through Phosphoric Acid Hydrolysis. Philosophical Transactions A 2018, 376, 20170041.
  • Dastjerdi, Z.; Cranston, E.D.; Dube, M.A. Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Property Modification using Cellulose Nanocrystals, International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives 2018, 81, 36-42.

2017

  • Reid, M.S.; Stimpson, T.C,; Niinivaara, E.; Villalobos, M.; Cranston, E.D.* Comparing Soft Semicrystalline Polymer Nanocomposites Reinforced with Cellulose Nanocrystals and Fumed Silica. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 2017, 57, 220-230.
  • De France, K.J.; Yager, K.G.; Chan, K.J.W.; Corbett, B.; Cranston, E.D.; Hoare, T.  Injectable Anisotropic Nanocomposite Hydrogels Direct in Situ Growth and Alignment of Myotubes. Nano Lett. 2017, 17, 6487-6495.
  • Kedzior, S.A.; Dube, M.A.; Cranston, E.D.* Cellulose Nanocrystals and Methyl Cellulose as Costabilizers for Nanocomposite Latexes with Double Morphology. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2017, 5, 10509-10517.
  • Reid, M.S.; Kedzior, S.A.; Villalobos, M.; Cranston, E.D.* Effect of Ionic Strength and Surface Charge Density on the Kinetics of Cellulose Nanocrystal Thin Film Swelling. Langmuir 2017, 33 (30), 7403-7411.
  • Martin, C.; Barker, R.; Watkins, E.; Dubreuil, F.; Cranston, E.D.; Heux, L.; Jean, B. Hybrid All-Nanoparticle Gibbsite Nanoplatelet/Cellulose Nanocrystal Multilayered Films with Highly Tunable Architectures. Langmuir, 2017, 33, 7896-7907.
  • Reid, M.S.; Marway, H.S.; Moran-Hidalgo, C.; Villalobos, M.; Cranston, E.D.* Polyethylene Glycol Adsorption to Cellulose and Silica Colloids. Cellulose 2017, 24, 4743–4757.
  • De France, K.J.; Hoare, T.; Cranston, E.D.* Review of Nanocellulose Aerogels and Hydrogels. Chemistry of Materials 2017, 29, 4609-4631.
  • Hu, Z.; Berry, R.M.; Pelton, R.; Cranston, E.D.* One-Pot Water-Based Hydrophobic Surface Modification of Cellulose Nanocrystals Using Plant Polyphenols. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2017, 5 (6), 5018-5026.
  • Afkhami, S.; LeClair, D.A.; Haddadi, S.; Lai, R.; Toniolo, S.; Ertl, H.C.; Cranston, E.D.; Thompson, M.R.; Xing, Z. Spray Dried Human and Chimpanzee Adenoviral-vectored Vaccines are Thermally Stable and Immunogenic In Vivo. Vaccine 2017, 35 (22), 2916-2924.
  • Gill, U.; Sutherland, T.; Himbert, S.; Rheinstädter, M.; Cranston, E.D.*; Moran-Mirabal, J.* Beyond Buckling: Humidity-Independent Measurement of the Mechanical Properties of Green Nanocomposite Films. Nanoscale 2017, 9(23), 7689–8034.
  • Dastjerdi, Z.; Cranston, E.D.; Dube, M.A. Synthesis of Poly(n-butyl acrylate/methyl methacrylate)/CNC Latex Nanocomposites via In Situ Emulsion Polymerization. Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 2017, 11, 1700013.
  • Reid, M.S.; Marway, H.S.; Villalobos, M.; Cranston, E.D.* Hydrogen Bonding and Polymer Adsorption: A Look at Polyethylene Glycol with Cellulose and Silica Colloids. Current Opinion in Colloids and Interface Science 2017, 29, 76–82. Invited Article.
  • Kedzior, S.A.; Marway, H.S.; Cranston, E.D.* Predicting Cellulose Nanocrystal and Surfactant Behaviour in Mini Emulsion Polymerization. Macromolecules 2017, 50 (7), 2645-2655.
  • Reid, M.; Villalobos, M.; Cranston, E.D.* Benchmarking Cellulose Nanocrystals: From Laboratory Scale to Applications. Langmuir (Feature Article) 2016, 33 (7), 1583-1598. Invited Feature Article.

2016

  • Abitbol, T.*; Marway, H.S.; Kedzior, S.A.; Yang, X.; Franey, A.; Gray, D.G.; Cranston, E.D. Hybrid Fluorescent Nanoparticles from Quantum Dots Coupled to Cellulose Nanocrystals. Cellulose 2016 24 (3), 1287-1293.
  • Hu, Z.; Xu, R.; Cranston, E.D.; Pelton, R.* Stable Aqueous Foams from Cellulose Nanocrystals and Methyl Cellulose. Biomacromolecules 2016, 17 (12), 4095–4099.
  • Hatton, F.L.; Kedzior, S.A.; Cranston, E.D.; Carlmark, A.* Grafting-from Cellulose Nanocrystals via Photoinduced Cu-mediated Reversible-deactivation Radical Polymerization. Carbohydrate Polymers 2016, 157, 1033-1040.
  • Zhu, H.; Yang, X.; Zhu, S.; Cranston, E.D.* Flexible and Porous Nanocellulose Aerogels with High Loadings of Metal-Organic Framework Particles for Separations Applications. Advanced Materials 2016, 28 (35), 7652-7657.
  • Shi, K.; Yang, X.; Cranston, E.; Zhitomirsky, I. Efficient Lightweight Supercapacitor with Compression Stability. Advanced Functional Materials 2016, 26 (35), 6437-6445.
  • LeClair, D.; Cranston, E.D.; Xing, Z.; Thompson, M. Optimization of Spray Drying Conditions for Yield, Particle Size and Biological Activity of Thermally Stable Viral Vectors. Pharmaceutical Research 2016, 33, 2763-2777.
  • De France, K.J.; Yager, K. G.; Hoare, T.; Cranston, E.D.* Cooperative Ordering and Kinetics of Cellulose Nanocrystal Alignment in a Magnetic Field. Langmuir 2016, 32 (30), 7564-7571. Invited cover art.
  • Dong, X.; Marway, H.S.; Cranston, E.D.; Pelton, R.H. Relating Nanoparticle Shape and Adhesiveness to Performance as Flotation Collectors. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 2016, 55 (36), 9633–9638.
  • Benselfelt, T.; Cranston, E.D.; Ondaral, S.; Johansson, E.; Brumer, H.; Rutland, M.W.; Wagberg, L. Adsorption of Xyloglucan onto Cellulose Surfaces of Different Morphologies: An Entropy-driven Process. Biomacromolecules 2016, 17 (9), 2801-2811.
  • Chau, M.; De France, K.J.; Kopera, B.; Machado, V.; Rosenfeldt, S.; Reyes, L.; Chan, K.J.W.; Foster, S.; Cranston, E.D.; Hoare, T.; Kumacheva, E. Composite Hydrogels with Tunable Anisotropic Morphologies and Mechanical Properties. Chemistry of Materials 2016, 28 (10), 3406–3415.
  • Reid, M.; Villalobos, M.; Cranston, E.D.* Cellulose Nanocrystal Interactions Probed by Thin Film Swelling to Predict Dispersibility. Nanoscale 2016, 8, 12247-12257.
  • LeClair, D.; Cranston, E.D.; Xing, Z.; Thompson, M. Evaluation of Excipients for Enhanced Thermal Stabilization of a Human Type 5 Adenoviral Vector through Spray Drying. International Journal of Pharmaceutics 2016, 506, 289–301.
  • Hu, Z.; Marway, H.S.; Kasem, H.; Pelton, R.; Cranston, E.D.* Dried and Redispersible Cellulose Nanocrystal Pickering Emulsions. ACS Macro Letters 2016, 5, 185–189.
  • De France, K.J.; Chan, K.J.W.; Cranston, E.D.; Hoare, T. Enhanced Mechanical Properties in Cellulose Nanocrystal–Poly(oligoethylene glycol methacrylate) Injectable Nanocomposite Hydrogels through Control of Physical and Chemical Cross-Linking. Biomacromolecules 2016 17, 649-660.
  • LaRue, R.; Cobbledick, J.; Latulippe, D.R.; Cranston, E.D. High-throughput dewatering test – a parallel processing format for screening and optimization studies, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2016, 105, 85–93.

2015

  • Yang, X.; Shi, K.; Zhitomirsky, I.; Cranston, E.D.* Cellulose Nanocrystal Aerogels as Universal 3D Lightweight Substrates for Supercapacitor Materials. Advanced Materials 2015, 27, 6104–6109. Invited cover art and highlighted in 13+ popular science magazines and blogs.
  • Kedzior, S.A.; Graham, L.; Dooley, B. M.; Moorlag, C.; Cranston, E.D.* Poly(methyl methacrylate)-Grafted Cellulose Nanocrystals: One-Step Synthesis, Characterization and Nanocomposites. Journal of Canadian Chemical Engineering, 2016, 94, 811-822.
  • Hu, Z.; Patten, T.; Pelton, R.; Cranston, E.D.* Synergistic Stabilization of Emulsions and Emulsion Gels with Water-Soluble Polymers and Cellulose Nanocrystals, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2015, 3, 1023–1031.
  • Goujon, L. J.; Hariharan, A.; Sayyar, B.; Burke, N. A. D.; Cranston, E.D.; Andrews, D. W.; Stover, D. H. Tuneable Hydrogel Thin Films from Reactive Synthetic Polymers as Potential 2D Cell Scaffolds. Langmuir 2015, 31, 5623–5632.
  • Rivkin, A.; Abitbol, T.; Nevo, Y.; Verker, R.; Lapidot, S.; Komarov, A.; Veldhuis, S.; Zilberman, G.; Cranston, E.D., Shoseyov, O. Bionanocomposite films from Resilin-CBD bound to Cellulose Nanocrystals. Industrial Biotechnology 2015, 11, 44-58.
  • Cranston, E.D.; Moran-Mirabal, J.M. Cellulose Nanotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications – Overview: Cellulose Nanotechnology on the Rise. Industrial Biotechnology 2015, 11, 1-2.
  • Hu, Z.; Ballinger, S.; Pelton, R.; Cranston, E.D.* Surfactant-Enhanced Cellulose Nanocrystal Pickering Emulsions. Journal of Colloids and Interface Science 2015, 439, 1439-148.

Before 2015

  • Yang, X.; Cranston, E.D.* Chemically Cross-linked Cellulose Nanocrystal Aerogels with Shape-Memory and Superabsorbent Properties. Chemistry of Materials, 2014, 26, 6016-6025. Highlighted in Chemical and Engineering News, October 2014 – Chemistry in Pictures.
  • Abitbol, T.; Prevo, B.; Galli, C.; Choudhary, S.; Corwin, J.; Villalpando, F.; Nguyen, L.; Villalobos, M.; Komarov, A.; Veldhuis, S.; Cranston, E.D.* A Comparison of Nanocrystalline Cellulose and Fumed Silica Nanoparticles in Latex Coatings. Green Materials 2014, 2, 206-221.
  • Hu, Z.; Cranston, E.D.; Ng, R.; Pelton, R.; Tuning Cellulose Nanocrystal Gelation with Polysaccharides and Surfactants, Langmuir 2014, 30, 2684-2692.
  • Abitbol, T.; Marway, H.; Cranston, E.D.* Surface Modification of Cellulose Nanocrystals with Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide. Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal, 2014, 29 (1) 46-59.
  • Osterberg, M.; Cranston, E.D. Special Issue on Nanocellulose – Editorial. Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal, 2014, 29 (1) 1-2.
  • Yang, X.; Bakaic, E.; Hoare, T.; Cranston, E.D.* Injectable Polysaccharide Hydrogels Reinforced with Cellulose Nanocrystals: Morphology, Rheology, Degradation, and Cytotoxicity Biomacromolecules 2013, 14, 4447-4455. Highlighted in Chemical and Engineering News, June 2014 – Nano from the Forest.
  • Abitbol, T.; Palermo, A.; Moran-Mirabal, J. M.; Cranston, E. D*. Fluorescent Labeling and Characterization of Cellulose Nanocrystals with Varying Charge Contents. Biomacromolecules 2013, 14, 3278-3284.
  • Kan, K.H.M.; Li, J.; Wijesekera, K.; Cranston, E.D.* Polymer-Grafted Cellulose Nanocrystals as pH Responsive Reversible Flocculants. Biomacromolecules 2013, 14, 3130-3139. Highlighted in Canadian Chemical News (ACCN) Sept.-Oct. 2013.
  • Kan, K.H.M.; Cranston, E.D.* Mechanical Testing of Thin Film Nanocellulose Composites Using Buckling Mechanics, TAPPI Journal 2013, 12, 9-17. Invited cover art and winner of the 2013 Best Nanotechnology Article in TAPPI Journal Award.
  • Sato, T.; Ali, M. M.; Pelton, R.; Cranston, E.D.* DNA Stickers Promote Polymer Adsorption onto Cellulose, Biomacromolecules 2012, 13, 3173-3180.
  • Álvarez, R.; Cranston, E.D.; Atkin, R.; Rutland, M.W. Suppression of Stiction by an Ionic Liquid: Nanotribology Using Colloid Probe AFM, Langmuir 2012, 28, 9967-9976.
  • Werzer, O.; Cranston, E.D.; Warr, G. G.; Atkin, R.; Rutland, M.W. Ionic liquid Nanotribology: Mica–Silica Interactions in Ethylammonium Nitrate. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2012, 14, 5147-5152.
  • Cranston, E.D.*; Eita, M.; Johansson, E.; Netrval, J.; Salajkova, M.; Arwin, H; Wågberg, L. Determination of the Young’s Modulus for Nanofibrillated Cellulose Multilayer Thin Films Using Buckling Mechanics, Biomacromolecules 2011, 12, 961-969.
  • Cranston, E.D.*; Gray, D.G.; Rutland, M.W. Direct Surface Force Measurements of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films Containing Nanocrystalline Cellulose, Langmuir 2010, 26, 17190-17197.
  • Hasani, M.; Cranston, E.D.; Westman, G.; Gray, D.G., Cationic Surface Functionalization of Cellulose Nanocrystals, Soft Matter 2008, 4, 2238-2244.
  • Cranston, E.D.; Gray, D.G., Birefringence in Spin-Coated Films Containing Cellulose Nanocrystals. Colloids and Surfaces A 2008, 325, 44-51.
  • Cranston, E.D.; Gray, D.G., Morphological and Optical Characterization of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers Incorporating Nanocrystalline Cellulose. Biomacromolecules 2006, 7, 2522-2530.
  • Cranston, E.D.; Gray, D.G., Formation of Cellulose-based Electrostatic Layer-by-layer Films in a Magnetic Field. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 2006, 7, 319-321.
  • Cranston, E.; Kawada, J.; Raymond, S.; Morin, F.; Marchessault, R.H. Co-Crystallization Model for Synthetic Biodegradable Poly(butyene adipate-co-butylene terephthalate). Biomacromolecules 2003, 4, 995-999.