Fabrication of honeycomb-patterned cellulose films.
This paper reports for the first time on the fabrication of honeycomb-patterned cellulose films by casting water in oil emulsion of cellulose acetate onto a glass substrate and subsequent deacetylation treatment. The honeycomb pore size could be controlled from 1 to 100 microm under a saturated water vapor condition. Both cellulose and cellulose acetate films with honeycomb-pattern are expected to be a two-dimensional model of plant cell walls as well as of micro-wells for single cell cultivation. Surface topographic image of a honeycomb-patterned cellulose film (scalebar: 50 microm).
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), Matsunosato 1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan.
Wakako
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Kasai
Tetsuo
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Kondo
D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D002482:Cellulose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry*; D004655:Emulsions / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D010539:Permeability; D011108:Polymers; D014867:Water
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D004655:Emulsions; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011108:Polymers; D014867:Water; C005062:acetylcellulose; D002482:Cellulose