[HTML][HTML] 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] Biodegradable biopolymers for active packaging: demand, development and directions

JR Westlake, MW Tran, Y Jiang, X Zhang… - Sustainable Food …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The food packaging industry is a major contributor to plastic waste. The end-of-life scenario
of fossil-fuel derived plastics often has a detrimental effect on the natural environment …

Transition of cellulose crystalline structure and surface morphology of biomass as a function of ionic liquid pretreatment and its relation to enzymatic hydrolysis

G Cheng, P Varanasi, C Li, H Liu… - …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Cellulose is inherently resistant to breakdown, and the native crystalline structure (cellulose
I) of cellulose is considered to be one of the major factors limiting its potential in terms of cost …

Influence of physico-chemical changes on enzymatic digestibility of ionic liquid and AFEX pretreated corn stover

C Li, G Cheng, V Balan, MS Kent, M Ong… - Bioresource …, 2011 - Elsevier
Ionic liquid (IL) and ammonia fiber expansion (AFEX) pretreatments were studied to develop
the first direct side-by-side comparative assessment on their respective impacts on biomass …

[HTML][HTML] Modification of the nanostructure of lignocellulose cell walls via a non-enzymatic lignocellulose deconstruction system in brown rot wood-decay fungi

B Goodell, Y Zhu, S Kim, K Kafle, D Eastwood… - Biotechnology for …, 2017 - Springer
Wood decayed by brown rot fungi and wood treated with the chelator-mediated Fenton
(CMF) reaction, either alone or together with a cellulose enzyme cocktail, was analyzed by …

Application of X-ray and neutron small angle scattering techniques to study the hierarchical structure of plant cell walls: a review

M Martínez-Sanz, MJ Gidley, EP Gilbert - Carbohydrate polymers, 2015 - Elsevier
Plant cell walls present an extremely complex structure of hierarchically assembled
cellulose microfibrils embedded in a multi-component matrix. The biosynthesis process …

The Bio-SANS instrument at the high flux isotope reactor of Oak Ridge National Laboratory

WT Heller, VS Urban, GW Lynn, KL Weiss… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - journals.iucr.org
Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) is a powerful tool for characterizing complex
disordered materials, including biological materials. The Bio-SANS instrument of the High …

Theory, practice and prospects of X-ray and neutron scattering for lignocellulosic biomass characterization: towards understanding biomass pretreatment

G Cheng, X Zhang, B Simmons, S Singh - Energy & Environmental …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Efficient deconstruction of lignocelluosic biomass into fermentable sugar depends largely on
the development of advanced biomass pretreatment technologies. Due to the highly …

Evidence for differential interaction mechanism of plant cell wall matrix polysaccharides in hierarchically-structured bacterial cellulose

M Martínez-Sanz, P Lopez-Sanchez, MJ Gidley… - Cellulose, 2015 - Springer
The interaction mechanism of two plant cell wall polysaccharides, arabinoxylan and
xyloglucan, with cellulose has been investigated by means of bacterial cellulose …

Multi-scale model for the hierarchical architecture of native cellulose hydrogels

M Martínez-Sanz, D Mikkelsen, B Flanagan… - Carbohydrate …, 2016 - Elsevier
The structure of protiated and deuterated cellulose hydrogels has been investigated using a
multi-technique approach combining small-angle scattering with diffraction, spectroscopy …