High performance crystalline nanocellulose using an ancestral endoglucanase

Autor: Borja Alonso-Lerma, Leire Barandiaran, Lorena Ugarte, Izaskun Larraza, Antonio Reifs, Raquel Olmos-Juste, Nerea Barruetabeña, Iban Amenabar, Rainer Hillenbrand, Arantxa Eceiza, Raul Perez-Jimenez
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Communications Materials, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2662-4443
DOI: 10.1038/s43246-020-00055-5
Popis: Enzymes are effective at upgrading natural materials to high-performance biomaterials. Here, an ancestral endoglucanase is used to obtain highly crystalline cellulose nanocrystals, which can act as a matrix for cell growth and be combined with graphene for conducting inks.
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