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Nanomaterials, 2022 Cellulose nanofibrils can be derived from the native load-bearing cellulose microfibrils in wood. These microfibrils are synthesized by a cellulose synthase enzyme complex that resides in the plasma membrane of developing wood cells.
Simon Jonasson +4 more
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Inelastic behaviour of cellulose microfibril networks
Soft Matter, 2018 Weak physical interactions between cellulose microfibrils play an important role in shaping the nonlinear rheological behaviour of their networks.
Srivatssan Mohan +2 more
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Unravelling the nanostructure of cellulose microfibrils [PDF]
Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances, 2014 Cellulose is the most abundant naturally occurring polymer and has diverse applications in biology, energy and engineering. The cellulose nanostructure has implications on the mechanical strength of natural materials such as wood and nanocelluloses are also being used to create high-performance composite materials with properties comparable to aramid ...
Lynne Thomas, Michael Jarvis
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Cellulose nanocrystals-microfibrils biocomposite with improved membrane performance
Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, 2023 This study investigates eco-friendly membrane biocomposites derived from biomass, utilizing cellulose microfibrils (CMF) as the main membrane material. Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC), isolated from rice husk, were added as reinforcing fillers in CMF flat ...
Moch Saifur Rijal +3 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017 Transfer cells are characterized by wall labyrinths with either a flange or reticulate architecture. A literature survey established that reticulate wall ingrowth papillae ubiquitously arise from a modified component of their wall labyrinth, termed the ...
Xue Xia +3 more
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Detecting the orientation of newly-deposited crystalline cellulose with fluorescent CBM3
The Cell Surface, 2022 Cellulose microfibril patterning influences many of the mechanical attributes of plant cell walls. We developed a simple, fluorescence microscopy-based method to detect the orientation of newly-synthesized cellulose microfibrils in epidermal peels of ...
Sarah A. Pfaff +5 more
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Characterization of Cellulose Synthesis in Plant Cells
The Scientific World Journal, 2016 Cellulose is the most significant structural component of plant cell wall. Cellulose, polysaccharide containing repeated unbranched β (1-4) D-glucose units, is synthesized at the plasma membrane by the cellulose synthase complex (CSC) from bacteria to ...
Samaneh Sadat Maleki +2 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019 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 bearing components of this complex, heterogeneous structure, and in this way,
Sintu Rongpipi +6 more
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Plasma-Induced Fibrillation and Surface Functionalization of Cellulose Microfibrils
, 2021 The classical production of microfibrillar cellulose involves intensive mechanical processing and discontinuous chemical treatment in solvent-based media in order to introduce additional chemical surface modification.
Pieter Samyn
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Cellulose biosynthesis in plants - the concerted action of CESA and non-CESA proteins
Biologia Plantarum, 2020 Cellulose is the most abundant polysaccharide produced by plants. In the form of rigid microfibrils surrounding the cells, cellulose constitutes the load-bearing cell wall element that controls cell growth and shape.
M. JURANIEC, B. GAJDA
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