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Hierarchical Organisation in the Most Abundant Biopolymer –Cellulose

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2013

Mudrika Khandelwal  and
Alan H. Windle
Mudrika Khandelwal
Affiliation:
Macromolecular Materials Laboratory, Dept. of Material Science & Metallurgy, Univ of Cambridge, UK
Alan H. Windle
Affiliation:
Macromolecular Materials Laboratory, Dept. of Material Science & Metallurgy, Univ of Cambridge, UK
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Abstract

The most abundant biopolymer, cellulose, occurs as a supra-molecular organisation of poly-glucan chains. The cellulose produced by bacteria has been characterised by various techniques including SEM, AFM, PXRD and SAXS, to elucidate the multi-level organisation. A model has been developed to relate this organisation to the cellulose biosynthetic machinery in bacteria.

Keywords

biological synthesis (assembly)macromolecular structurenanostructure
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1504: Symposium V – Geometry and Topology of Biomolecular and Functional Nanomaterials , 2013 , mrsf12-1504-v02-03
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2013

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