Applied Research

RECENT RESEARCH IN FOCUS:

Biomedical Applications of Microbial Cellulose (2006 Review Article)

Due to its unique nanostructure and properties, microbial cellulose is a natural candidate for numerous medical and tissue-engineered applications. For example, a microbial cellulose membrane has been successfully used as a wound-healing device for severely damaged skin and as a small-diameter blood vessel replacement.
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POSITION PAPER
Microbial Cellulose: A New Resource for Wood, Paper, Textiles, Food and Specialty Products
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Biomedical Applications of Microbial Cellulose

The properties of microbial cellulose make it especially suitable for a wide variety of biomedical applications -- many of which are only beginning to be explored (see review article, Czaja, et al.). Implementation of these applications will be enhanced by our current understanding and ongoing fundamental research into the biosynthesis of microbial cellulose [see for example 158]. READ MORE

Electronic Paper

Recently there has been much interest in alternative display technologies. One such technology has been called "Electronic Paper" or E-Paper (see this Wikipedia article). These technologies do not use the cellulosic paper that we are familiar with, so they are best called "paper-like" displays. Our interest is in adapting cellulose itself for display purposes. READ MORE

Electron Beam Nanofabrication

A chance observation while observing a specimen in the electron microscope led to a discovery: a new technique to manipulate and simultaneously observe dynamic assembly at the molecular level of structures using transmission electron microscope. READ MORE

Biofuels

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