Fig. 2: Composition and microstructure of the BC-H hydrogels.
From: Wood hemicelluloses exert distinct biomechanical contributions to cellulose fibrillar networks
The sample names for the BC-H materials correspond to the hemicellulose content. a Monosaccharide composition of BC-H composite pellicles. The y axis ends at 30% to amplify the composition of hemicellulose sugars; however, the glucose (Glc) fraction continues up to 100%. SDs: ±0.0–0.8. Values correspond to the fraction of hemicellulose-related sugars, where the Glc contribution from hemicelluloses as well as uronic acid composition was estimated by assuming the same ratio to mannose (Man) or xylose (Xyl) as in the extracted hemicellulose. Source data are provided as a Source Data file. b Confocal microscopy images of antibody-labeled BC-acGGM+AGX. Xylans are labeled by LM11 (in red) and mannans are labeled by LM21 (in green). The length of the scale bar corresponds to 5 μm. c Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of BC-H pellicles (at ×30 magnification). The length of the scale bar corresponds to 1 μm.
