Understanding nanoscale moisture interactions is fundamental to most applications of wood, including cellulosic nanomaterials with tailored properties. By combining X-ray scattering …
Cellulosic fiber collapse is a phenomenon of fundamental importance for many technologies that include tissue/hygiene to packaging because it governs their essential materials …
Despite the thousands of years of wood utilization, the mechanisms of wood hygromechanics remain barely elucidated, owing to the nanoscopic system size and highly …
Molecular-scale interactions between water and cellulose microfibril bundles in plant cell walls are not fully understood, despite their crucial role for many applications of plant …
The origins of the unique properties of natural fibres have remained largely unresolved because of the complex interrelations between structural hierarchy, chirality and bound …
The current perspective attempts to provide key insights into several major aspects of water solvation supported by several experimental and computational investigations. It is …
Understanding and designing nanoscale interfaces are essential to advancing the thermomechanical performance of polymer nanocomposites reinforced by nanocellulose. In …
S Hou, J Wang, F Yin, C Qi, J Mu - Wood Science and Technology, 2022 - Springer
Cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin in wood have completely different structures and hygroscopicity, which markedly impact the wood moisture adsorption properties. The …
Hygroscopic biological matter in plants, fungi and bacteria make up a large fraction of Earth's biomass. Although metabolically inert, these water-responsive materials exchange …