Comparison and assessment of methods for cellulose crystallinity determination

KS Salem, NK Kasera, MA Rahman… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The degree of crystallinity in cellulose significantly affects the physical, mechanical, and
chemical properties of cellulosic materials, their processing, and their final application …

Progress and opportunities in the characterization of cellulose–an important regulator of cell wall growth and mechanics

S Rongpipi, D Ye, ED Gomez, EW Gomez - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of infrared spectroscopy in polysaccharide structural analysis: Progress, challenge and perspective

T Hong, JY Yin, SP Nie, MY Xie - Food chemistry: X, 2021 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides are important biomacromolecules with numerous beneficial functions and a
wide range of industrial applications. Functions and properties of polysaccharides are …

Probing cellulose structures with vibrational spectroscopy

M Makarem, CM Lee, K Kafle, S Huang, I Chae… - Cellulose, 2019 - Springer
This paper reviews principles, data interpretations, and applications of vibrational
spectroscopic methods used for analysis of cellulose in the isolated state and in plant cell …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in selected bio-nanomaterials and their engineering applications: An overview

RK Mishra, SK Ha, K Verma, SK Tiwari - Journal of Science: Advanced …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nowadays, the rapid climate change, water pollution and harmful gas emissions are largely
caused by the extensive use of petrochemicals and the burning of plastic materials. The …

On the polymorphic and morphological changes of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC-I) upon mercerization and conversion to CNC-II

E Jin, J Guo, F Yang, Y Zhu, J Song, Y Jin… - Carbohydrate …, 2016 - Elsevier
Polymorphic and morphological transformations of cellulosic materials are strongly
associated to their properties and applications, especially in the case of emerging …

Hydrogen-bonding network and OH stretch vibration of cellulose: comparison of computational modeling with polarized IR and SFG spectra

CM Lee, JD Kubicki, B Fan, L Zhong… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen bonds play critical roles in noncovalent directional interactions determining the
crystal structure of cellulose. Although diffraction studies accurately determined the …

Characterization of crystalline cellulose in biomass: Basic principles, applications, and limitations of XRD, NMR, IR, Raman, and SFG

SH Kim, CM Lee, K Kafle - Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2013 - Springer
Cellulose is among the most important and abundant biopolymers in biosphere. It is the
main structural component of a vast number of plants that carries vital functions for plant …

The role of pretreatment in the catalytic valorization of cellulose

Y Liao, BO de Beeck, K Thielemans, T Ennaert… - Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
The use of fossil resources with the concerning climate change has pushed the
development of alternative and sustainable feedstocks for energy, chemicals, and materials …

Green nanobiopolymers for ecological applications: a step towards a sustainable environment

P Chincholikar, KRB Singh, A Natarajan, RG Kerry… - RSC …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
To minimize the usage of non-renewable resources and to maintain a sustainable
environment, the exploitation of green nanobiopolymers should be enhanced. Biopolymers …