In the present work, we have partially modified fibrils chemically to eate a shell of derivatized cellulose that surrounds the crystalline re of native cellulose. Through the different modifications, we aimed creating a toolbox to enable the properties of CNF materials and terials containing CNFs to be tuned to meet specific material demands. total, nine different chemical modifications using different ueous-based procedures were used as chemical pretreatments before CNF oduction through homogenization. Eight of these modifications included riodate oxidation with an average of 27% of the anhydroglucose units the cellulose chain being cleaved into dialdehydes. The presence of dehydes then facilitated a conversion to other functional groups.