But plant-based ‘bioplastics’ are not new. The first man-made plastic was made in 1862 using cellulose, the main component of plant cell walls, pre-dating the petroleum-based plastics that ...

as the addition of cellulose and similar elements to thermopolymers such as PLA can create so-called biocomposites that create plastics without the brittleness of PLA, while also being made fully ...

The unique structure and properties of cellulose make it suitable for specific applications, such as immobilizing proteins and separating molecules. It differs from synthetic polymers due to its ...

URI professor Alison Roberts and colleagues have published a new study revealing that plants make cellulose microfibrils using a different class of enzymes called CSLD – an important discovery with ...