Content: PREFACE ; NANOSTRUCTURED CELLULOSIC PRODUCTS ; 1. HIGH-MODULUS ORIENTED CELLULOSE NANOPAPER ; WOLFGANG GINDL-ALTMUTTER, STEFAN VEIGEL, MICHAEL OBERSRIEBNIG, ; CHRISTIAN TIPPELREITHER, AND JOZEF KECKES ; 2. STRATEGIES FOR PREPARATION OF ORIENTED CELLULOSE NANOWHISKERS ; COMPOSITES ; ELENA TEN, LONG JIANG, AND MICHAEL P. WOLCOTT ; 3. PREPARATION OF CELLULOSE-BASED HONEYCOMB-PATTERNED FILMS WITH ; ATRP-ACTIVE SURFACES ; ANA F. XAVIER AND JOHN F. KADLA ; 4. BACTERIAL CELLULOSE AEROGELS: FROM LIGHTWEIGHT DIETARY FOOD TO FUNCTIONAL ; MATERIALS ; FALK LIEBNER, NIKITA AIGNER, CHRISTIAN SCHIMPER, ANTJE POTTHAST, AND ; THOMAS ROSENAU ; 5. CELLULOSE NANOWHISKERS IN ELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS ; SOON YEE LIEW, SARA SHARIKI, ANNE VUOREMA, DARREN A. WALSH, FRANK MARKEN, AND ; WIM THIELEMANS ; CELLULOSE MODIFICATION AND CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES ; 6. SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF CELLULOSE GRAFT COPOLYMERS WITH WELL-DEFINED ; ARCHITECTURE ; HONGLIANG KANG, XIA GAO, RUIGANG LIU, AND YONG HUANG ; 7. DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS OF CELLULOSE AND POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) INITIATED ; BY RADICALS PRODUCED BY MECHANICAL SCISSION OF CELLULOSE ; M. SAKAGUCHI, T. OHURA, AND T. IWATA ; 8. SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC COTTON FABRIC PREPARED USING NANOPARTICLES AND ; MOLECULAR VAPOR DEPOSITION METHODS ; N. ABIDI, P. AMINAYI, L. CABRALES, AND E. HEQUET ; 9. PRODUCTION OF DISSOLVING GRADE PULPS FROM WOOD AND NON-WOOD ; PAPER-GRADE PULPS BY ENZYMATIC AND CHEMICAL PRETREATMENTS ; DONGFANG LI, DAVID IBARRA, VIVIANA KOPCKE, AND MONICA EK ; 10. MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF THE THERMAL STABILITY OF CRYSTALLINE ; CELLULOSE SURFACES COATED WITH OLEIC ACID ; MIR A. A. R. QUDDUS, ORLANDO J. ROJAS, AND MELISSA A. PASQUINELLI ; LIGNIN AND LIGNIN-DERIVED PRODUCTS ; 11. HIGHLY SWELLABLE LIGNIN HYDROGELS: NOVEL MATERIALS WITH INTERESTING ; PROPERTIES ; LARS PASSAUER ; 12. LIGNIN MODEL COMPOUND STUDIES TO ELUCIDATE THE EFFECT OF <"NATURAL>" ; MEDIATORS ON OXIDOREDUCTASE-CATALYZED DEGRADATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC ; MATERIALS ; P. NOUSIAINEN, J. KONTRO, P. MAIJALA, E. UZAN, A. HATAKKA, A. LOMASCOLO, AND J. SIPILA ; 13. NOVEL FUNCTIONS OF NON-IONIC, AMPHIPHILIC LIGNIN DERIVATIVES ; YASUMITSU URAKI, KEIICHI KODA, TATSUHIKO YAMADA, CHIHIRO OIKAWA, AND ; TOMOHIRO ASO ; PRODUCTS FROM HEMICELLULOSES, CHITOSAN, AND RELATED POLYSACCHARIDES ; 14. A FACILE APPROACH FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF XYLAN-DERIVED HYDROGELS ; TERESA C. FONSECA SILVA, ILARI FILPPONEN, YOUSSEF HABIBI, JORGE LUIZ COLODETTE, ; AND LUCIAN A. LUCIA ; 15. MOISTURE VAPOR BARRIER PROPERTIES OF BIOPOLYMERS FOR PACKAGING ; MATERIALS ; RASHI GREWAL, WHITNEY SWEESY, JESSE S. JUR, AND JULIE WILLOUGHBY ; 16. SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE CHITOSAN SULFATES ; KAI ZHANG, ANNETT WELTROWSKI, DIETER PESCHEL, STEFFEN FISCHER, AND THOMAS GROTH ; 17. SULFATED GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN BUILDING BLOCKS FOR THE DESIGN OF ARTIFICIAL ; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES ; JANA BECHER, STEPHANIE MOLLER, THOMAS RIEMER, JURGEN SCHILLER, VERA HINTZE, ; SUSANNE BIERBAUM, DIETER SCHARNWEBER, HARTMUT WORCH, AND MATTHIAS SCHNABELRAUCH ; 18. ADVANCES IN THE APPLICATION OF OXIDATIVE ENZYMES IN BIOPOLYMER ; CHEMISTRY AND BIOMATERIAL RESEARCH ; GIBSON S. NYANHONGO, ENDRY NUGROHO PRASETYO, ENRIQUE HERRERO ACERO, AND ; GEORG M. GUEBITZ ; EDITORS>' BIOGRAPHIES ; INDEXES ; AUTHOR INDEX ; SUBJECT INDEX