Plant architecture fundamentally differs from that of other multicellular organisms in that
individual cells serve as osmotic bricks, defined by the equilibrium between the internal …

For the past 15 years, there has been tremendous interest and technological development
concerning biocomposites. Plant fibres can be derived from a multitude of natural agro …

Plant cells are surrounded by cell walls, which are dynamic structures displaying a strictly
regulated balance between rigidity and flexibility. Walls are fairly rigid to provide support and …

Highlights•Cellulose interactions with the matrix depend on microfibril shape.•Physical data
point to a microfibril made of 18–24 chains, not 36 chains.•Recent structures for cellulose …

The discovery of xyloglucan and its ability to bind tightly to cellulose has dominated our
thinking about primary cell wall structure and its connection to the mechanism of cell …

To understand the architecture of the plant cell wall, it is of importance to understand both
structural characteristics of cell wall polysaccharides and interactions between these …

Recent insights into the physical biology of plant cell walls are reviewed, summarizing the
essential differences between primary and secondary cell walls and identifying crucial gaps …

Plant cell walls have the remarkable property of combining extreme tensile strength with
extensibility. The maintenance of such an exoskeleton creates nontrivial challenges for the …

In the primary walls of growing plant cells, the glucose polymer cellulose is assembled into
long microfibrils a few nanometers in diameter. The rigidity and orientation of these …

The growing cell wall in plants has conflicting requirements to be strong enough to withstand
the high tensile forces generated by cell turgor pressure while selectively yielding to those …