Cellulose: a review of water interactions, applications in composites, and water treatment

A Etale, AJ Onyianta, SR Turner, SJ Eichhorn - Chemical reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cellulose is known to interact well with water, but is insoluble in it. Many polysaccharides
such as cellulose are known to have significant hydrogen bond networks joining the …

Hemicellulose: Structure, chemical modification, and application

J Rao, Z Lv, G Chen, F Peng - Progress in Polymer Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Lignocellulose has been extensively researched over the past decades in response to the
growing global significance of renewable resources and environment-friendly materials …

Quantitative tracing of uptake and transport of submicrometre plastics in crop plants using lanthanide chelates as a dual-functional tracer

Y Luo, L Li, Y Feng, R Li, J Yang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The uptake pathways of nanoplastics by edible plants have recently been qualitatively
investigated. There is an urgent need to accurately quantify nanoplastics accumulation in …

The plant cell wall: Biosynthesis, construction, and functions

B Zhang, Y Gao, L Zhang, Y Zhou - Journal of Integrative Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The plant cell wall is composed of multiple biopolymers, representing one of the most
complex structural networks in nature. Hundreds of genes are involved in building such a …

Structure and growth of plant cell walls

DJ Cosgrove - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Plant cells build nanofibrillar walls that are central to plant growth, morphogenesis and
mechanics. Starting from simple sugars, three groups of polysaccharides, namely, cellulose …

Secreted pectin monooxygenases drive plant infection by pathogenic oomycetes

F Sabbadin, S Urresti, B Henrissat, AO Avrova… - Science, 2021 - science.org
The oomycete Phytophthora infestans is a damaging crop pathogen and a model organism
to study plant-pathogen interactions. We report the discovery of a family of copper …

Enzymatic degradation of plant biomass and synthetic polymers

CC Chen, L Dai, L Ma, RT Guo - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
Plant biomass is an abundant renewable resource on Earth. Microorganisms harvest energy
from plant material by means of complex enzymatic systems that efficiently degrade natural …

Intelligent designs from nature: biomimetic applications in wood technology

Y Chen, B Dang, C Wang, Y Wang, Y Yang… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biological systems, adapted through millions of years of evolution with various functional
trade-offs, have emerged as a crucial source of inspiration for the design of advanced …

Interactions between cell wall polysaccharides and polyphenols: Effect of molecular internal structure

X Liu, C Le Bourvellec… - … Reviews in Food …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cell wall polysaccharides (CPSs) and polyphenols are major constituents of the dietary fiber
complex in plant‐based foods. Their digestion (by gut microbiota) and bioefficacy depend …

Revisiting the contribution of ATR-FTIR spectroscopy to characterize plant cell wall polysaccharides

X Liu, CMGC Renard, S Bureau, C Le Bourvellec - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
The contribution of ATR-FTIR spectroscopy to study cell wall polysaccharides (CWPs) was
carefully investigated. The region 1800-800 cm− 1 was exploited using principal component …