The electronic nature of the 1, 4‐β‐glycosidic bond and its chemical environment: DFT insights into cellulose chemistry

C Loerbroks, R Rinaldi, W Thiel - Chemistry–A European …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The molecular understanding of the chemistry of 1, 4‐β‐glucans is essential for designing
new approaches to the conversion of cellulose into platform chemicals and biofuels. In this …

Influence of Selective Deoxyfluorination on the Molecular Structure of Type-2 N-Acetyllactosamine

M Kurfiřt, LC Št'astná, M Dračínský… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
N-Acetyllactosamine is a common saccharide motif found in various biologically active
glycans. This motif usually works as a backbone for additional modifications and thus …

Origin of the twist of cellulosic materials

K Conley, L Godbout, MAT Whitehead… - Carbohydrate …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Molecular Mechanics, Hartree–Fock, and semi-empirical geometry optimizations
were carried out on cellulose oligomers and crystallites with and without water solvation …

Combining computational chemistry and crystallography for a better understanding of the structure of cellulose

AD French - Advances in carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
The approaches in this article seek to enhance understanding of cellulose at the molecular
level, independent of the source and the particular crystalline form of cellulose. Four main …

Dehydration pathways for glucose and cellobiose during fast pyrolysis

MW Easton, JJ Nash… - The Journal of Physical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A full understanding of all possible elementary reactions applicable to cellulose fast
pyrolysis is key to develo** a comprehensive kinetic model for fast pyrolysis of cellulose …

Exploring the rearrangement of amorphous cellulose model thin films upon heat treatment

T Mohan, S Spirk, R Kargl, A Doliška, A Vesel… - Soft Matter, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The behavior of amorphous cellulose model thin films upon heat treatment is investigated.
Upon heat treatment, a structural rearrangement in the films from a featureless to a fibrillar …

Detection of human neutrophil elastase by fluorescent peptide sensors conjugated to TEMPO-oxidized nanofibrillated cellulose

RT Mackin, KR Fontenot, JV Edwards… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Peptide–cellulose conjugates designed for use as optical protease sensors have gained
interest for point-of-care (POC) detection. Elevated serine protease levels are often found in …

Molecular dynamics with orientational tensorial constraints: A new approach to probe the torsional angle distributions of small rotationally flexible molecules

ME Di Pietro, U Sternberg, B Luy - The Journal of Physical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The potential of residual dipolar couplings (RDCs) in conformational studies of small
molecules is now widely recognized, but current theoretical approaches for their …

Molecular dynamics simulation of cellulose-coated oil-in-water emulsions

H Miyamoto, DM Rein, K Ueda, C Yamane, Y Cohen - Cellulose, 2017 - Springer
The behaviors of cellulose chains and cellulose mini-crystal in oil-in-water emulsions were
studied by molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the coating states and the …

Comparison of cellooligosaccharide conformations in complexes with proteins with energy maps for cellobiose

AD French, DW Montgomery, NT Prevost… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
Shapes (conformations) of cellulose molecules are described by their glycosidic linkage
torsion angles ϕ and ψ. Although the torsions are known for cellulose in crystals, amorphous …