Methyl cellulose solutions and gels: Fibril formation and gelation properties

MKL Coughlin, L Liberman, SP Ertem, J Edmund… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Methyl cellulose (MC) is a semiflexible cellulose ether derivative with a wide range of
industrial applications, owing to its water solubility at low temperatures and thermoreversible …

Methylcellulose fibrils: a mini review

S Morozova - Polymer International, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This review covers the recently discovered methylcellulose (MC) fibrils and their impact on
MC thermogelation and overall gel strength. The thermogelation of MC aqueous solutions …

[HTML][HTML] Viscoelastic phenomena in methylcellulose aqueous systems: Application of fractional calculus

IY Miranda-Valdez, JG Puente-Córdova… - Food …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fractional calculus models can potentially describe the viscoelastic phenomena in soft
solids. Nevertheless, their successful application is limited. This paper explored the potential …

Graph-based approach to systematic molecular coarse-graining

MA Webb, JY Delannoy… - Journal of chemical theory …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A novel methodology is introduced here to generate coarse-grained (CG) representations of
molecular models for simulations. The proposed strategy relies on basic graph-theoretic …

Machine learning-enhanced computational reverse-engineering analysis for scattering experiments (crease) for analyzing fibrillar structures in polymer solutions

Z Wu, A Jayaraman - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this work, we present a machine learning (ML)-enhanced computational reverse-
engineering analysis of scattering experiments (CREASE) approach to analyze the small …

Methyl cellulose/cellulose nanocrystal nanocomposite fibers with high ductility

V Hynninen, P Mohammadi, W Wagermaier… - European Polymer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Methylcellulose/cellulose nanocrystal (MC/CNC) nanocomposite fibers showing high
ductility and high modulus of toughness were prepared by a simple aqueous wet-spinning …

Inverse thermoreversible mechanical stiffening and birefringence in a methylcellulose/cellulose nanocrystal hydrogel

V Hynninen, S Hietala, JR McKee… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We show that composite hydrogels comprising methyl cellulose (MC) and cellulose
nanocrystal (CNC) colloidal rods display a reversible and enhanced rheological storage …

Combined experiments and molecular simulations for understanding the thermo-responsive behavior and gelation of methylated glucans with different glycosidic …

Q Liao, H Ren, J Xu, P Wang, B Yuan… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Elucidation of the micro-mechanisms of sol–gel transition of gelling glucans with
different glycosidic linkages is crucial for understanding their structure–property relationship …

Gelation, phase separation, and fibril formation in aqueous hydroxypropylmethylcellulose solutions

TP Lodge, AL Maxwell, JR Lott, PW Schmidt… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The thermoresponsive behavior of a hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC) sample in
aqueous solutions has been studied by a powerful combination of characterization tools …

Methylcellulose–cellulose nanocrystal composites for optomechanically tunable hydrogels and fibers

V Hynninen, J Patrakka, Nonappa - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chemical modification of cellulose offers routes for structurally and functionally diverse
biopolymer derivatives for numerous industrial applications. Among cellulose derivatives …