Output details
15 - General Engineering
Keele University
Article title
Nanostructure of cellulose microfibrils in spruce wood
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Article number
-
Volume number
108
Issue number
47
First page of article
E1195
ISSN of journal
0027-8424
Year of publication
2011
Number of additional authors
7
Additional information
This paper describes the first detailed structure of cellulose fibres from any higher plant. Neutron scattering provided key evidence about the structure of the cellulose, and used the absorption of heavy water to understand the morphology of the cellulose microfibrils. The penetration of water is of central importance for an understanding of the enzymatic depolymerisation of cellulose that is used in biofuel manufacture. The work involved collaboration with a number of institutions in the UK, France and New Zealand and was supported by funding from the EPRSC (EP/E026583/1).
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
-
