ABSTRACT
Cellulose is the most abundant biopolymer in nature and has attracted increasing attention in both scientic and industrial aspects [1]. It is produced by plants, algae, tunicates, and some bacterial cultures [2]. The currently growing interest in the study of cellulose and its derivatives is due to the tendency toward rational use of renewable sources as a basis for the production of new products for science, medicine, and engineering. Cellulose is colorless and odorless and possesses some promising properties, such as superior mechanical strength, biocompatibility, nontoxicity, biodegradability, accessibility, hydrophilicity, relative thermostabilization, high sorption capacity, and alterable optical appearance [3].
