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Cover Picture: Macromol. Biosci. 1/2014
Author(s) -
Lee KoonYang,
Buldum Gizem,
Mantalaris Athanasios,
Bismarck Alexander
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
macromolecular bioscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1616-5195
pISSN - 1616-5187
DOI - 10.1002/mabi.201470001
Subject(s) - nanocellulose , bacterial cellulose , cover (algebra) , polymer science , cellulose , front cover , materials science , composite material , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering
Front Cover: Acetobacter xylinum bacteria produce highly crystalline bacterial cellulose. Alexander Bismarck and team show on page 10 how this type of nanocellulose has various biomedical applications due to its high water retention and serves as excellent reinforcement for advanced polymer composites because of its high stiffness and strength.