“Cellulose is insoluble, so we can see it floating on the surface of fermented liquids. Bacteria produce cellulose as a network of very narrow fibres, about a thousandth of the width of fibre ...

From a strong fundamental understanding of cellulose and wood structure, to the long experience gained through development of ionic liquids for cellulose processing, we have the tools for advanced ...

Although the components of wood – cellulose and lignin – are exceedingly ... shapes that were either freeze dried to get rid of the liquid component, or additionally also heated (at 180 ...

Takahashi’s lab, for instance, demonstrated in 2015 how an ionic liquid — 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate (EmimOAc) — helps dissolution of cellulose in batches. Later in 2021 ...