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ArticleNano letters2022

Nanoscale Mechanism of Moisture-Induced Swelling in Wood Microfibril Bundles.

Antti Paajanen, Aleksi Zitting, Lauri Rautkari, Jukka A Ketoja, Paavo A Penttilä

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Article in Nano letters, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Structure and growth of plant cell walls.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2024
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  10. Three-dimensional printing of wood.Science advances · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Antti PaajanenVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT, Espoo, Finland.
Aleksi ZittingDepartment of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, P.O. Box 16300, FI-00076 Aalto, Espoo, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-0241-9174
Lauri RautkariDepartment of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, P.O. Box 16300, FI-00076 Aalto, Espoo, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-1207-220X
Jukka A KetojaVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT, Espoo, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-8260-4267
Paavo A PenttiläDepartment of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, P.O. Box 16300, FI-00076 Aalto, Espoo, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-0584-4918
Aalto University · FIVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding nanoscale moisture interactions is fundamental to most applications of wood, including cellulosic nanomaterials with tailored properties. By combining X-ray scattering experiments with molecular simulations and taking advantage of computed scattering, we studied the moisture-induced changes in cellulose microfibril bundles of softwood secondary cell walls. Our models reproduced the most important experimentally observed changes in diffraction peak locations and widths and gave new insights into their interpretation. We found that changes in the packing of microfibrils dominate at moisture contents above 10-15%, whereas deformations in cellulose crystallites take place closer to the dry state. Fibrillar aggregation is a significant source of drying-related changes in the interior of the microfibrils. Our results corroborate the fundamental role of nanoscale phenomena in the swelling behavior and properties of wood-based materials and promote their utilization in nanomaterials development. Simulation-assisted scattering analysis proved an efficient tool for advancing the nanoscale characterization of cellulosic materials.

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MicrofibrilsWoodCelluloseCell WallCelluloseCellulose crystallinityCell wall nanostructureMolecular dynamicsWood-water interactionsX-ray scattering

Identifiers

PMID35767745
PMCPMC9284609
OpenAlexW4283697887

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