We limit ourselves to studies involving aqueous liquid crystalline suspensions of CNCs and do not discuss suspensions of microfibrillated cellulose. Revisiting and reanalyzing some previously ...

These cellulose-based liquid marbles were colorless at first ... which caused the biopolymer to adopt a crystal form suitable for structural colors. Slowness and controllability were pivotal ...

Compared to cellulases, which detach material when sliding along crystalline cellulose surfaces, cellulosomes remain locally bound for minutes and remove the underlying material. The consequent ...

But cellulose, the most abundant renewable polymer on the planet, is extremely recalcitrant to biological depolymerization. Although composed entirely of glucose units, its crystalline microfibrillar ...

Pixelated colouration: A seven-segment display is created by manipulating multiple air channels to activate liquid crystalline elastomer-based pixels. (Courtesy: Nat. Mater. 10.1038/s41563-021-01075-3 ...

As BP II changes into BP I, the liquid crystal forms twin boundaries -- regions where two parts of the material align differently. Previous experimental studies fail to capture the detailed ...

"But the structure of cellulose itself can be an obstacle." Catchmark said that most of a plant's sugar-based energy is locked up in the crystalline structure of cellulose. To make cellulose ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Harvard University have recently designed a polymer known as a liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) that can be "programmed" to both twist and bend in the ...

Achiral liquid crystal pathways enhance efficiency by 20% and stability three-fold, while chiral structures increase efficiency by 56% and stability 50 times, offering promising prospects for ...