Sustainability based on healthy ecosystems and environments is the target idea of today’s development, and therefore, it is necessary to follow the same objectives also when studying fibres for new and additional applications; consequently, renewable natural materials with high added value are intensively researched. An overview of some natural plant sources of cellulose fibres, which have not traditionally been used for the mass production of fibres, is given in the manuscript. Recent research results of fibre properties isolated from non-conventional plants are described. Besides, potential applicability in the field of nanocrystalline cellulose of some of these fibres is reviewed. In addition, a study of fibres extracted from nettle (Urtica dioica), Spanish broom (Spartium junceum), lucerne (Medicago sativa), weeping willow (Salix babylonica), balm-leaved archangel (Lamium orvala) and therefrom-derived nanocrystalline cellulose is presented and compared to hemp (Cannabis sativa) fibres. The monograph deals with the mulberry as a source of bast fibers and its use in the textile and paper industry as well as for new technical applications.
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