The Cellulose Chemistry research group, lead by Dr. Alistair King, concerns the development of techniques for tuning the reactivity of bulk cellulose and at the surface, with applications in textiles, ...

Meanwhile, Kenji Tajima, at Hokkaido University’s Biomolecular Chemistry Lab, has been manipulating microbes to produce cellulose nanofibres. These ultrafine threads can be weaved into strong ...

"I chose cellulose as a research object because of its natural origin and favorable properties: its biocompatibility and degradability, variety of chemical strains, and wide range of applications," ...