The plant cell wall is a dynamic network of several biopolymers and structural proteins
including cellulose, pectin, hemicellulose and lignin. Cellulose is one of the main load …

Many biological tissues, such as wood and bone, are fiber composites with a hierarchical
structure. Their exceptional mechanical properties are believed to be due to a functional …

Nature has evolved efficient strategies to synthesize complex mineralized structures that
exhibit exceptional damage tolerance. One such example is found in the hypermineralized …

Completely revised and expanded to reflect the latest advancements in the field,
Polysaccharides: Structural Diversity and Functional Versatility, Second Edition outlines …

Wood as an ecofriendly and renewable natural material has been extensively modified
through various delignification protocols to preserve its natural structure and fiber direction …

A fibrous herringbone-modified helicoidal architecture is identified within the exocuticle of an
impact-resistant crustacean appendage. This previously unreported composite …

The huge diversity of hierarchical micro-/nano-rigid structures existing in biological systems
is increasingly becoming a source of inspiration of materials scientists and engineers to …

Mesoscale hierarchical helical structures with diverse functions are abundant in nature.
Here we show how spontaneous helicity can be induced in a synthetic polymeric nanobristle …

Microfibril angle (MFA) is perhaps the easiest ultrastructural variable to measure for wood
cell walls, and certainly the only such variable that has been measured on a large scale …

This chapter collates the developments and conclusions of many of the extensive studies
that have been conducted on cellulose, with particular emphasis on the structural and …