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HERO ID
1510972
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Coarse-Grained Model for the Interconversion between Native and Liquid Ammonia-Treated Crystalline Cellulose
Author(s)
Bellesia, G; Chundawat, SP; Langan, P; Redondo, A; Dale, BE; Gnanakaran, S
Year
2012
Is Peer Reviewed?
Yes
Journal
Journal of Physical Chemistry B
ISSN:
1520-6106
EISSN:
1520-5207
Volume
116
Issue
28
Page Numbers
8031-8037
Language
English
PMID
22712833
DOI
10.1021/jp300354q
Web of Science Id
WOS:000306503000004
URL
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jp300354q
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Abstract
We present the results of Langevin dynamics simulations on a coarse-grained model for a structural transition in crystalline cellulose pertinent to the cellulose degradation problem. We analyze two different cellulose crystalline forms: cellulose I(β) (the natural form of cellulose) and cellulose III(I) (obtained after cellulose I(β) is treated with anhydrous liquid ammonia). Cellulose III(I) has been the focus of wide interest in the field of cellulosic biofuels, as it can be efficiently hydrolyzed to readily fermentable glucose (its enzymatic degradation rates are up to 5-fold higher than those of cellulose I(β)). The coarse-grained model presented in this study is based on a simplified geometry and on an effective potential mimicking the changes in both intracrystalline hydrogen bonds and stacking interactions during the transition from cellulose I(β) to cellulose III(I). The model reproduces both structural and thermomechanical properties of cellulose I(β) and III(I). The work presented herein describes the structural transition from cellulose I(β) to cellulose III(I) as driven by the change in the equilibrium state of two degrees of freedom in the cellulose chains. The structural transition from cellulose I(β) to cellulose III(I) is essentially reduced to a search for optimal spatial arrangement of the cellulose chains.
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