2010 年 31 巻 6 号 p. 301-306
Wood cell wall, consisting of polysaccharides (cellulose and hemicelluloses) and an aromatic polymer (lignin), exhibits a honeycomb-like arrangement. Our research group has been making attempts to reconstruct those wood components, isolated through a biorefinery process, to prepare a wood-cell-wall-mimicking material, aiming at better understanding of the function of each wood component, and serving a novel, functional material. This article shows a protocol to prepare honeycomb-patterned cellulose from the ones with two different polymorphisms as a basic framework of artificial cell wall structure. It also illustrates the effect of the presence of other wood cell wall components (hemicelluloses and lignin) adsorbed onto the framework on its physical property.