Table Of ContentCELLULOSE –
FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS
Edited by Theo van de Ven and Louis Godbout
Cellulose – Fundamental Aspects
http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/2705
Edited by Theo van de Ven and Louis Godbout
Contributors
Jose M. Moran-Mirabal, Matheus Poletto, Vinícios Pistor, Ademir J. Zattera, Viren Chunilall,
Tamara Bush, Per Tomas Larsson, Polina Mikshina, Tatyana Chernova, Svetlana Chemikosova,
Nadezhda Ibragimova, Natalia Mokshina, Tatyana Gorshkova, Tamer A. Tabet, Fauziah Abdul
Aziz, Carina Olsson, Gunnar Westman, Wu Lan, Chuan-Fu Liu, Feng-Xia Yue, Run-Cang Sun,
Alexandar Metodiev Zhivkov, Ferenc Kristály, Annie King, Hiroyuki Kusano, Shin-ichi Kimura,
Masahiko Kitagawa, Hiromi Kameya, Mitsuko Ukai, Ludmila Golova, Igor Makarov, Ludmila
Kuznetsova, Elena Plotnikova, Valery Kulichikhin, Mariko Yoshioka, Yoshiyuki Nishio, Satoru
Nakamura, Yoshiyuki Kushizaki, Ryo Ishiguro, Toshiki Kabutomori, Takeo Imanishi, Nobuo
Shiraishi
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Contents
Preface IX
Chapter 1 Advanced-Microscopy Techniques for the Characterization
of Cellulose Structure and Cellulose-Cellulase Interactions 1
Jose M. Moran-Mirabal
Chapter 2 Structural Characteristics and
Thermal Properties of Native Cellulose 45
Matheus Poletto, Vinícios Pistor and Ademir J. Zattera
Chapter 3 Supra-Molecular Structure and Chemical Reactivity
of Cellulose I Studied Using CP/MAS 13C-NMR 69
Viren Chunilall, Tamara Bush and Per Tomas Larsson
Chapter 4 Cellulosic Fibers: Role of Matrix Polysaccharides
in Structure and Function 91
Polina Mikshina, Tatyana Chernova, Svetlana Chemikosova,
Nadezhda Ibragimova, Natalia Mokshina and Tatyana Gorshkova
Chapter 5 Cellulose Microfibril Angle in Wood and
Its Dynamic Mechanical Significance 113
Tamer A. Tabet and Fauziah Abdul Aziz
Chapter 6 Direct Dissolution of Cellulose:
Background, Means and Applications 143
Carina Olsson and Gunnar Westman
Chapter 7 Rapid Dissolution of Cellulose
in Ionic Liquid with Different Methods 179
Wu Lan, Chuan-Fu Liu, Feng-Xia Yue and Run-Cang Sun
Chapter 8 Electric Properties of Carboxymethyl Cellulose 197
Alexandar Metodiev Zhivkov
Chapter 9 Implications of Cellulose in Modeling the Behavior of
Vegetal Additive Materials in Clay Based Ceramics:
Technical and Archaeological Issues 227
Ferenc Kristály
VI Contents
Chapter 10 Removal of Excess Cellulose and Associated Polysaccharides
in Fruit and Vegetable By-Products – Implication
for Use in Feed for Monogastric Farm Animals 249
Annie King
Chapter 11 Cellulose Langmuir-Blodgett Films
for Moisture and Gaseous Molecular Sensing System 269
Hiroyuki Kusano, Shin-ichi Kimura and Masahiko Kitagawa
Chapter 12 Analysis of Relaxation Behavior of Free
Radicals in Irradiated Cellulose Using Pulse
and Continuous-Wave Electron Spin Resonance 285
Hiromi Kameya and Mitsuko Ukai
Chapter 13 Structure - Properties Interrelationships
in Multicomponent Solutions Based on Cellulose
and Fibers Spun Therefrom 303
Ludmila Golova, Igor Makarov, Ludmila Kuznetsova,
Elena Plotnikova and Valery Kulichikhin
Chapter 14 Cellulose Nanofibers and Its Applications
for Resin Reinforcements 343
Mariko Yoshioka, Yoshiyuki Nishio, Satoru Nakamura,
Yoshiyuki Kushizaki, Ryo Ishiguro, Toshiki Kabutomori,
Takeo Imanishi and Nobuo Shiraishi
Preface
Cellulose is destined to play a major role in the emerging bioeconomy. Awareness of
the environment and a depletion of fossil fuels are some of the driving forces for
looking at forest biomaterials for an alternative source of energy, chemicals and
materials. The importance of cellulose is widely recognized world-wide and as such
the field of cellulose science is expanding exponentially. Cellulose, the most abundant
biopolymer on earth, has unique properties which makes it an ideal starting point for
transforming it into useful materials. To achieve this, a solid knowledge of cellulose is
essential. As such this book on cellulose, the first in a series of three, is very timely. It
deals with fundamental aspect of cellulose, giving the reader a good appreciation of
the richness of cellulose properties. Book Cellulose – Fundamental Aspects is a good
introduction to books Cellulose – Medical, Pharmaceutical and Electronic Applications
and Cellulose – Biomass Conversion, in which applications of cellulose and its
conversion to other materials are treated.
Theo van de Ven
Department of Chemistry at McGill University,
Canada
Louis Godbout
Academic Associate at McGill University Pulp and Paper Research Centre,
Canada
