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 …

The term microfibril angle (MFA) in wood science refers to the angle between the direction of
the helical windings of cellulose microfibrils in the secondary cell wall of fibres and tracheids …

Balsa, with its low density and relatively high mechanical properties, is frequently used as
the core in structural sandwich panels, in applications ranging from wind turbine blades to …

The structure of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) made by mild acid hydrolysis from cotton
linter, flax fibres and sulphite or kraft cooked wood pulp was studied and compared with the …

X-ray diffraction was used to study variations in the crystallinity of wood and the average
thickness and length of the crystallites of cellulose as a function of the number of the year …

Most biological tissues are built with polymeric fibres. Two of the most abundant fibres found
in Nature are cellulose and collagen. Cellulose is predominately found in plants, but is also …

Plant cell walls present an extremely complex structure of hierarchically assembled
cellulose microfibrils embedded in a multi-component matrix. The biosynthesis process …

Efficient deconstruction of lignocelluosic biomass into fermentable sugar depends largely on
the development of advanced biomass pretreatment technologies. Due to the highly …

Cellulose is the most abundant and renewable organic compound on Earth, it is however
not soluble in common organic solvents and aqueous solutions. Cellulose dissolution is a …

Paper is a widely used packaging material and is nowadays regaining importance, eg, as
bio-based and biodegradable material. Moreover, new technologies such as polymer–fiber …