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ArticleACS nano2021

Local Crystallinity in Twisted Cellulose Nanofibers.

Tom Willhammar, Kazuho Daicho, Duncan N Johnstone, Kayoko Kobayashi, Yingxin Liu, Paul A Midgley, Lennart Bergström, Tsuguyuki Saito

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Article in ACS nano, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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28 citing papers in PubMed.

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  18. Towards scanning nanostructure X-ray microscopy.Journal of applied crystallography · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Tom WillhammarDepartment of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-6120-1218
Kazuho DaichoDepartment of Biomaterial Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
Duncan N JohnstoneDepartment of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-3663-3793
Kayoko KobayashiDepartment of Biomaterial Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0459-7900
Yingxin LiuDepartment of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
Paul A MidgleyDepartment of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS, U.K.
Lennart BergströmDepartment of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-5702-0681
Tsuguyuki SaitoDepartment of Biomaterial Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1073-6663

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellulose is crystallized by plants and other organisms into fibrous nanocrystals. The mechanical properties of these nanofibers and the formation of helical superstructures with energy dissipating and adaptive optical properties depend on the ordering of polysaccharide chains within these nanocrystals, which is typically measured in bulk average. Direct measurement of the local polysaccharide chain arrangement has been elusive. In this study, we use the emerging technique of scanning electron diffraction to probe the packing of polysaccharide chains across cellulose nanofibers and to reveal local ordering of the chains in twisting sections of the nanofibers. We then use atomic force microscopy to shed light on the size dependence of the inherent driving force for cellulose nanofiber twisting. The direct measurement of crystalline twisted regions in cellulose nanofibers has important implications for understanding single-cellulose-fibril properties that influence the interactions between cellulose nanocrystals in dense assemblies. This understanding may enable cellulose extraction and separation processes to be tailored and optimized.

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NanofibersNanoparticlesCelluloseMicroscopy, Atomic ForcePolysaccharidesCellulosePolysaccharidescelluloseCNFdiffractionelectron diffractionnanofiberTEM

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PMID33464042
PMCPMC7905869

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