The team recorded 24 hours of the cellular construction process, revealing surprising new details about how plant cell walls ...

Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin form structures called microfibrils, which are organized into macrofibrils that mediate structural stability in the plant cell wall.

Advanced techniques are allowing scientists to witness the process where plant cells generate cellulose fibers.

Recently, the stretchability of ionogels has attracted considerable attention. This is attributed to its essential role in ...

Although the components of wood – cellulose and lignin – are exceedingly cheap and plentiful, combining these into a wood-like structure is not straightforward, despite many attempts to make ...

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 ...

In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a major constituent of all plant cell walls -- a team has captured images of the microscopic process of cell-wall building continuously over ...