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Article Dans Une Revue Carbohydrate Polymers Année : 2015

A coarse-grain force-field for xylan and its interaction with cellulose

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We have built a coarse-grain (CG) model describing xylan and its interaction with crystalline cellulose surfaces. Each xylosyl or glucosyl unit was represented by a single grain. Our calculations rely on force-field parameters adapted from the atomistic description of short xylan fragments and their adsorption on cellulose. This CG model was first validated for xylan chains both isolated and in the bulk where a good match was found with its atomistic counterpart as well as with experimental measurements. A similar agreement was also found when short xylan fragments were adsorbed on the (110) surface of crystalline cellulose. The CG model, which was extended to the (100) and (1-10) surfaces, revealed that the adsorbed xylan, which was essentially extended in the atomistic situation, could also adopt coiled structures, especially when laying on the hydrophobic cellulose surfaces.
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hal-01186422 , version 1 (24-08-2015)

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Liang Li, Patrick Perre, Xavier Frank, Karim Mazeau. A coarse-grain force-field for xylan and its interaction with cellulose. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2015, 127, pp.438-450. ⟨10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.04.003⟩. ⟨hal-01186422⟩
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