This
process is particularly interesting because cellulose nanofibers are renewable materials, their surfaces can be easily
modified, and only 5 wt% of the oleyl-cellulose nanofibers
was required to dramatically alter the mechanical properties.
For these reasons, it is conceivable that cellulose nanofibers
bearing other types of functional molecules (that can interact
with sulfur) on their surfaces could be incorporated into
vulcanized rubber and alter the properties of the rubber, even
at low cellulose concentrations.