Hydrogen bonding and other non-covalent interactions at the surfaces of cellulose microfibrils

MC Jarvis - Cellulose, 2023 - Springer
It is now established that crystalline cellulose is held together not just by hydrogen bonding,
but also by dispersion forces and by electrostatic attraction modulated by stereoelectronic …

Atmospheric water harvesting by large-scale radiative cooling cellulose-based fabric

Y Zhang, W Zhu, C Zhang, J Peoples, X Li… - Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) has received tremendous interest because of
population growth, limited freshwater resources, and water pollution. However, key …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing plant cell wall modelling: Atomistic insights into cellulose, disordered cellulose, and hemicelluloses–A review

A Khodayari, U Hirn, S Spirk, Y Ogawa, D Seveno… - Carbohydrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
The complexity of plant cell walls on different hierarchical levels still impedes the detailed
understanding of biosynthetic pathways, interferes with processing in industry and finally …

Hygromechanical mechanisms of wood cell wall revealed by molecular modeling and mixture rule analysis

C Zhang, M Chen, S Keten, B Coasne, D Derome… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Despite the thousands of years of wood utilization, the mechanisms of wood
hygromechanics remain barely elucidated, owing to the nanoscopic system size and highly …

Biomimetic Dual Absorption–Adsorption Networked MXene Aerogel-Pump for Integrated Water Harvesting and Power Generation System

C Cai, Y Chen, F Cheng, Z Wei, W Zhou, Y Fu - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
Harvesting atmospheric water and converting it into electricity play vital roles in advancing
next-generation energy conversion systems. However, the current water harvester systems …

Computational and experimental insights into the molecular architecture of water-cellulose networks

KS Salem, N Barrios, H Jameel, L Pal, L Lucia - Matter, 2023 - cell.com
The current perspective attempts to provide key insights into several major aspects of water
solvation supported by several experimental and computational investigations. It is …

Sorption–Deformation–Percolation Model for Diffusion in Nanoporous Media

C Zhang, A Shomali, B Coasne, D Derome… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Diffusion of molecules in porous media is a critical process that is fundamental to numerous
chemical, physical, and biological applications. The prevailing theoretical frameworks are …

Towards unraveling the moisture-induced shape memory effect of wood: The role of interface mechanics revealed by upscaling atomistic to composite modeling

C Zhang, M Chen, S Keten, D Derome… - NPG Asia …, 2021 - nature.com
The moisture-induced shape memory effect (SME) is one of the most intriguing phenomena
of wood, where wood can stably retain a certain deformed shape and, upon moisture …

Insights into the interfacial transfer impedance behavior of moisture and dynamics of sorption diffusion in dried tobacco leaves surface

H Ma, Z Jiang, J Tie, C Cheng, J Wu, Y Zhong, F Gao… - Cellulose, 2024 - Springer
Moisture sorption and diffusion processes of plant fiber materials have a significant impact
on their properties and product quality in healthcare, food production, cigarette processing …

Role of cellulose nanocrystals on hysteretic sorption and deformation of nanocomposites

M Chen, B Coasne, D Derome, J Carmeliet - Cellulose, 2020 - Springer
A molecular model of an all-cellulose nanocomposite, with an amorphous cellulose matrix
reinforced by cellulose nanocrystals, is built to study the role of cellulose nanocrystal (CN) …