(Nanowerk Spotlight) In 2010, a team of researchers, led by Mark MacLachlan, a professor in the chemistry department at the University of British Columbia, fabricated nanoporous glass films using ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue researchers have discovered the structure of the enzyme that makes cellulose, a finding that could lead to easier ways of breaking down plant materials to make biofuels ...

Therefore, this dilemma is quite common for previously reported cellulose-based macrofibers ... and have hierarchical helical structures across multiple length scales with stiff and strong ...

In Figure 3, the HBMC sample appears the least dense, and the HPC sample is the densest. Cellulose derivatives can be compared with analogous structures where HBMC is less dense than that of HPMC and ...

Solid-state electrolytes have been explored for decades for use in energy storage systems and in the pursuit of solid-state batteries. These materials are safer alternatives to the traditional ...

Materials science and engineering researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have explored the role of helical secondary structure on the conductivity of solid-state peptide ...