Chirality is observed throughout cellulosic materials, but it is unclear where the chirality originates and how it propagates throughout the different length scales. The hierarchical chirality is visible as twists in the trunks of trees, micron-sized fibers, and nanometer-sized cellulose nanocrystals. This thesis uses Quantum Mechanical calculations to show that the most energetically stable conformation of a cellulose chain has a right-handed twist about the glycosidic bond. The importance of the interactions across this bond are visualized with Delocalized Molecular Orbitals and explicit water solvation. When intermolecular interactions are included, cellulose is not a flat rod-like crystal but rather a twisted crystalloid. Not only does ...
The biorenewable nature of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) has opened up new opportunities for cost-ef...
The transfer of chirality across length-scales is an intriguing and universal natural phenomenon. Ho...
Abstract Derived from the most abundant natural polymer, cellulose nanocrystal materials have attrac...
International audience7 Nanocellulose consisting of crystalline cellulose nanoparticles has a high p...
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are naturally sourced elongated nanocolloids that form cholesteric pha...
Cellulose is a polysaccharide that displays chirality across different scales, from the molecular to...
The formation of a chiral-nematic phase from cellulose nanowhiskers has been frequently reported in ...
Structural colour is a phenomenon found in nature, which provides plants and animals with vibrant op...
Understanding how nanostructure and nanomechanics influence physical material properties on the micr...
The transfer of chirality across length-scales is an intriguing and universal natural phenomenon. Ho...
Films made from cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) may have iridescent structural colours (pure or in com...
There is an emerging consensus that higher plants synthesize cellulose microfibrils that initially c...
International audience9 The cellulose of the green alga Glaucocystis consists of almost pure Iα crys...
Development of novel bio-based nanocomposites is fundamental to reduce the dependence on fossil reso...
Organization of nanoparticles is essential in order to control their light-matter interactions. We p...
The biorenewable nature of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) has opened up new opportunities for cost-ef...
The transfer of chirality across length-scales is an intriguing and universal natural phenomenon. Ho...
Abstract Derived from the most abundant natural polymer, cellulose nanocrystal materials have attrac...
International audience7 Nanocellulose consisting of crystalline cellulose nanoparticles has a high p...
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are naturally sourced elongated nanocolloids that form cholesteric pha...
Cellulose is a polysaccharide that displays chirality across different scales, from the molecular to...
The formation of a chiral-nematic phase from cellulose nanowhiskers has been frequently reported in ...
Structural colour is a phenomenon found in nature, which provides plants and animals with vibrant op...
Understanding how nanostructure and nanomechanics influence physical material properties on the micr...
The transfer of chirality across length-scales is an intriguing and universal natural phenomenon. Ho...
Films made from cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) may have iridescent structural colours (pure or in com...
There is an emerging consensus that higher plants synthesize cellulose microfibrils that initially c...
International audience9 The cellulose of the green alga Glaucocystis consists of almost pure Iα crys...
Development of novel bio-based nanocomposites is fundamental to reduce the dependence on fossil reso...
Organization of nanoparticles is essential in order to control their light-matter interactions. We p...
The biorenewable nature of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) has opened up new opportunities for cost-ef...
The transfer of chirality across length-scales is an intriguing and universal natural phenomenon. Ho...
Abstract Derived from the most abundant natural polymer, cellulose nanocrystal materials have attrac...