title: Cellulose--model films and the fundamental approach.
abstract: This critical review describes the recent arrival of ultrathin films of cellulose. The methodology of preparation as well as the applications of the films for fundamental research is fully covered. The review places cellulose in a wider scientific context where cellulose research is no longer a field of interest for specialised scientists only. Cellulose and cellulosic materials should interest communities such as biochemists, physical chemists, surface chemists, organic chemists, polymer chemists and also physicists working close the disciplines mentioned. (149 references.).
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Forest Products Chemistry, Helsinki University of Technology, P.O. Box 6300, FIN-02015 TKK, Finland. eero.kontturi@tkk.fi
authors.forename: Eero
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kontturi
authors.forename: Tekla
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tammelin
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Osterberg
mesh_terms: D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry*; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D002482:Cellulose