Progress in Characterization of Cellulose and Cellulose Esters

af Michael Ioelovich

Cellulose is a linear, stereoregular, and semi-crystalline polysaccharide. Linear chains of cellulose connected by hydrogen bonds form the supramolecular structure of this biopolymer, consisting of elementary nanofibrils and their bundles, called microfibrils. Each nanofibril contains ordered nanocrystallites and poorly ordered nanosized non-crystalline domains. Currently, it is clear that the two main structural models, "fringed fibrils" and "fringed micelles", cannot explain many properties of... (Læs mere)