Cited by 7,551Advanced Cellulose Research StudiesPolysaccharides and Plant Cell WallsLignin and Wood Chemistry

Cellulose: Fascinating Biopolymer and Sustainable Raw Material

Klemm, Dieter, Heublein, Brigitte, Fink, Hans‐Peter, Bohn, Andreas·2005·Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Abstract

As the most important skeletal component in plants, the polysaccharide cellulose is an almost inexhaustible polymeric raw material with fascinating structure and properties. Formed by the repeated connection of D ‐glucose building blocks, the highly functionalized, linear stiff‐chain homopolymer is characterized by its hydrophilicity, chirality, biodegradability, broad chemical modifying capacity, and its formation of versatile semicrystalline fiber morphologies. In view of the considerable increase in interdisciplinary cellulose research and product development over the past decade worldwide, this paper assembles the current knowledge in the structure and chemistry of cellulose, and in the development of innovative cellulose esters and ethers for coatings, films, membranes, building materials, drilling techniques, pharmaceuticals, and foodstuffs. New frontiers, including environmentally friendly cellulose fiber technologies, bacterial cellulose biomaterials, and in‐vitro syntheses of cellulose are highlighted together with future aims, strategies, and perspectives of cellulose research and its applications.

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Authors
Klemm, D., Heublein, B., Fink, H., & Bohn, A.
Affiliations
  • Friedrich Schiller University Jena (DE)
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (DE)
Venue
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2005-05-24
Volume
44
Issue
22
Pages
3358-3393
ISSN
  • 1433-7851 (ISSN-L)
  • 1521-3773
OpenAlex
W2139413502
Cited by
7,551
References
215
Citations by year
2026: 401 · 2025: 462 · 2024: 500 · 2023: 489 · 2022: 554 · 2021: 616 · 2020: 556 · 2019: 569 · 2018: 473 · 2017: 456 · 2016: 403 · 2015: 387 · 2014: 394 · 2013: 302 · 2012: 270
FWCI
5.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) (submittedVersion)
  • Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Lignin and Wood Chemistry
Keywords
cellulose, biopolymers, polysaccharide structure, cellulose esters, cellulose ethers, cellulose modification, bacterial cellulose, cellulose applications, sustainable raw materials
MeSH terms
Bacteria, Biocompatible Materials, Biopolymers, Cellulose, Industrial Microbiology, Molecular Structure

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