Scientists at Rice University and the University of Houston have created a powerful new material by guiding bacteria to grow ...

Engineers have developed a new way of producing sheets of bacterial cellulose, which could support the development of ...

"We report a simple, single-step and scalable bottom-up strategy to biosynthesize robust bacterial cellulose sheets with aligned nanofibrils and bacterial cellulose-based multi-functional hybrid ...

An engineer @UHouston has developed a way to turn bacterial cellulose — a biodegradable material — into a multifunctional ...

Improved bacterial cellulose could help create tougher, greener materials for things we use every day. As plastic waste ...

We’re essentially guiding the bacteria to behave with purpose, Muhammad. Maksud. Rahman. assistant professor at the University of Houston, explained Interesting Engineering. With researchers competing ...

The CNM includes nanostructured materials and nanofibers. Cellulose microcrystals and microfibrils fall under nanostructures, while cellulose nanocrystals (CNC), cellulose nanofibrils (CNF), and ...

Cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) are abundant, biodegradable, and have a high aspect ratio, outstanding mechanical properties, and low toxicity, making them promising in different applications. (1,2) ...

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are elongated nanoparticles derived from natural cellulose, with potential applications ranging from rheological modifiers and emulsion stabilizers to photonic pigments ...