@Article{JRM.2014.634124,
AUTHOR = {Yogesh K. Murugesan, Damiano Pasini, Alejandro D. Rey},
TITLE = {Self-assembly Mechanisms in Plant Cell Wall Components},
JOURNAL = {Journal of Renewable Materials},
VOLUME = {3},
YEAR = {2015},
NUMBER = {1},
PAGES = {56--72},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/jrm/v3n1/49619},
ISSN = {2164-6341},
ABSTRACT = {This review on self-assembly in biological fi brous composites presents theory and simulation to elucidate the 
principles and mechanisms that govern the thermodynamics, material science, and rheology of biological 
anisotropic soft matter that are involved in the growth/self-assembly/material processing of these materials. 
Plant cell wall, a multi-layered biological fi brous composite, is presented as a model biological system to 
investigate self-assembly mechanisms in nature’s material synthesis. In order to demonstrate the universality 
of the presented models and the mechanisms investigated, references to other biological/ biomimetic systems 
are made when applicable. The integration of soft matter physics theories and models with actual biological 
data for plant cell walls provides a foundation for understanding growth, form, and function in biological 
material and offers a fi rm platform for biomimetic innovation.},
DOI = {10.7569/JRM.2014.634124}
}