1e,f. To identify axial shearing (side-by-side gliding) between aligned or bundled microfibrils, we looked for microfibrils with two vertices where three microfibrils intersect (Fig. 2e).

The discovery unveils the molecular machinery that plants use to weave cellulose chains into cable-like structures called 'microfibrils.' New research from the University of Virginia School of ...

With the help of technological advances, nanocellulose was discovered in the early 1980s. Now, scientists are able to exploit the microfibrils that make up these microfibrils, known as nanocellulose, ...

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