To enhance the flocculation performance of cationic emulsion polymers,functional modification of cationic polyacrylamide emulsions with nanocellulose was conducted.The effects of this nanocellulose-based functional modification on the properties of the cationic polyacryl-amide emulsions were investigated.Initially,the structure of the nanocellulose-modified cationic polyacrylamide emulsions was characterized by scanning electron microscopy(SEM),laser particle size analyzers,fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FT-IR),nuclear magnetic reso-nance(NMR)spectroscopy,and differential thermal-thermogravimetric analysis(TG).Subsequently,the flocculation performance of the pre-pared functional flocculants was evaluated using paper mill wastewater and oily wastewater The results indicated that when the nanocellulose content was 2%,and the dosage of the modified cationic polyacrylamide emulsion was 26 mg/L,the removal rates of chemical oxygen demand(CODCr)and solids suspended(SS)in paper mill wastewater reached 92%~93%and 90%~91%,respectively.Furthermore,with a dosage of 4 mg/L of the modified cationic polyacrylamide emulsion,the oil removal rate from oily wastewater sourced from offshore oilfields was 96.8%.