In his role as Editor-in-Chief of Cellulose, Professor Glasser has strongly supported computational approaches to understanding cellulose, including our work. He has also been a major enthusiast of vigorous debate, perhaps especially appropriate for the applications of computational chemistry. Participation in some of these debates has certainly expanded both effort and focus on the issues that may be holding back the increased use of the most prevalent biological macromolecule. In particular, we were able to add knowledge regarding molecular symmetry and crystal shape, hydroxyl orientation and the “glue” that holds cellulose together. The lecture will summarize our views and the evidence that supports them.

Contributions of computational chemistry to understanding cellulose

249th National Meeting (2015)

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