Widespread concerns over the impact of human activity on the environment have resulted in
a desire to replace artificial functional materials with naturally derived alternatives. As such …

The advent of user-friendly instruments for measuring force/deflection curves of plant
surfaces at high spatial resolution has resulted in a recent outpouring of reports of the …

Hemicelluloses, a family of heterogeneous polysaccharides with complex molecular
structures, constitute a fundamental component of lignocellulosic biomass. However, the …

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 …

Seaweed residues from Alaria esculenta, Saccharina latissima and Ascophyllum nodosum
after alginate extraction have been valorized to produce cellulose-based fractions with …

QUOKKA is a 40 m pinhole small-angle neutron scattering instrument in routine user
operation at the OPAL research reactor at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology …

This work reports on the production and characterization of agar-based extracts from the
seaweed Gelidium sesquipedale by means of simple protocols based on hot water and …

Three different red seaweed species, Gelidium corneum and two Gracilaria species
(Agarophyton chilensis, and Gracilariopsis longissima), were used to produce agar-based …

The advances in bioprocess design, genetic engineering, and media optimization have
enabled enhanced bacterial cellulose (BC) production and its application for diverse …

Bacterial cellulose (BC) has several current and potential future uses in the food industry
because of its ability to form hydrogels with distinctive properties. The texture of BC …