Starch, a primary energy source for humans, is readily broken down into glucose, while cellulose, a structural component of plants, remains undigested, primarily due to the specific enzymes present in ...

Version of Record: This is the final version of the article. Cellulose is the major component of the plant cell wall and as such is a major component of all plant biomass on the planet. It is made at ...

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Abstract: This work develops a cellulose-based electric generator that offers a new method for harvesting mechanical energy in the presence of water based on the triboelectric effect and the charging ...

ABSTRACT: In recent years, several studies have been performed using nanocellulose as a component in polymeric nanocomposites. The interest in studying cellulose-based nanocomposite is due to the ...

What if there were materials that could be produced and distributed as efficiently as current plastic, and could be easily recycled with existing infrastructure? Micron School of Materials Science and ...

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Biosynthetic cellulose offers potential for applications such as wound dressings, implantable materials, and drug-delivery systems. In 2016, German biotech company JeNaCell GmbH devised means for ...

1 Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland 2 Institute of Paper, Pulp and Fiber Technology, Graz University of Technology, Graz, ...