期刊
CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH
卷 379, 期 -, 页码 30-37出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2013.06.012
关键词
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation; Folded chain; Regenerated cellulose; Structure formation mechanism; Molecular sheet; Ring conformation
资金
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23580236] Funding Source: KAKEN
We investigated the possibility of a folded-chain crystal of the cellulose II polymorph by molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. The molecular direction of cellulose chains in cellulose II is anti-parallel, which allows the crystal to have folded-chain packing. It is impossible for cellulose I to form such a structure due to its parallel up assembly. The folded-chain crystal of the cellulose II polymorph was suggested based on the following results: (1) the glucose residue with boat and skew boat ring conformations enabled the cellulose chain to form a hairpin turn; (2) the lattice parameters of the folded-chain crystal and original crystal were almost the same (deviations in the a, b, and gamma parameters of both crystals were within 3%); (3) the folded-chain molecular sheet was as stable in a water medium as the extended-chain molecular sheet, and structural parameters such as the hydrogen bonding system and side chain conformation of both molecular sheets were almost the same, indicating that the folded-chain molecular sheet is an initial structure during crystallization of the folded-chain crystal. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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