Cellulose, the major component of plant matter, has a complex hierarchical structure that extends from the scale of cells down to the molecular level. Knowledge of the structural fundamentals of cellulose is relevant, not only for an understanding of plant life, but also for numerous technologies that use it as a raw material. The methods of computational physics are increasingly used to support experimental efforts in cellulose research. This thesis reports molecular and fluid dynamics simulations that address questions related to the pyrolytic degradation of cellulose and the aggregation and deaggregation of cellulose microfibrils. Cellulose pyrolysis involves hundreds of chemical reactions and volatile products, the description of whi...
Reaction mechanisms play an integral part in understanding chemical phenomena. Chemists use their kn...
Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2019.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Electrospinning (ES) of biopolymers do...
In this study the interactions of biomacromolecules with different inorganic nanostructured material...
Cellulosic biomass can be used as a feedstock for sustainable production of biofuels and various oth...
Plants are highly hierarchical organisms with important structural features at multiple length scale...
The interest in wood and its main constituent, cellulose, is growing continuously. This can be expla...
Worldwide research is focused on the use of renewable and biodegradable raw materials due to the lim...
Metabolism is the system of chemical reactions sustaining life in the cells of living organisms. It ...
Living systems, which are composed of biological components such as molecules, cells, organisms or e...
Formation of aerosol particles from condensable vapors is a ubiquitous phenomenon in the atmosphere....
The work presented in this thesis consists of two lines of research, both inspired by the intricate ...
Wood is an important material for the construction and pulping industries. Using x-ray diffraction t...
Atmospheric aerosol particles affect the global climate and human health. A large fraction of atmosp...
The aim of this thesis was to combine several advanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopi...
Quantum effects are often of key importance for the function of biological systems at molecular leve...
Reaction mechanisms play an integral part in understanding chemical phenomena. Chemists use their kn...
Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2019.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Electrospinning (ES) of biopolymers do...
In this study the interactions of biomacromolecules with different inorganic nanostructured material...
Cellulosic biomass can be used as a feedstock for sustainable production of biofuels and various oth...
Plants are highly hierarchical organisms with important structural features at multiple length scale...
The interest in wood and its main constituent, cellulose, is growing continuously. This can be expla...
Worldwide research is focused on the use of renewable and biodegradable raw materials due to the lim...
Metabolism is the system of chemical reactions sustaining life in the cells of living organisms. It ...
Living systems, which are composed of biological components such as molecules, cells, organisms or e...
Formation of aerosol particles from condensable vapors is a ubiquitous phenomenon in the atmosphere....
The work presented in this thesis consists of two lines of research, both inspired by the intricate ...
Wood is an important material for the construction and pulping industries. Using x-ray diffraction t...
Atmospheric aerosol particles affect the global climate and human health. A large fraction of atmosp...
The aim of this thesis was to combine several advanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopi...
Quantum effects are often of key importance for the function of biological systems at molecular leve...
Reaction mechanisms play an integral part in understanding chemical phenomena. Chemists use their kn...
Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2019.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Electrospinning (ES) of biopolymers do...
In this study the interactions of biomacromolecules with different inorganic nanostructured material...