Origin of chiral interactions in cellulose supra-molecular microfibrils

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 128-131

  Khandelwal, Mudrika ^a,b   Windle, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Chiral interactions; Chiral nematic; Supramolecule

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOWHISKERS;

CELLULOSE CHAIN; CELLULOSE MICROFIBRILS; CELLULOSE NANOWHISKERS; CHIRAL SURFACE; CHIRAL-NEMATIC; HIGH RESOLUTION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SUPRAMOLECULES;

CELLULOSE;

ANATOMY; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES;

CELLULOSE;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FIBER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELL WALL; CELLULOSE; MICROFIBRILS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 84896788163     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.01.050     Document Type: Article

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