1. Guest Editorial

   • Thomas Rosenau

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2006 Pages: 343 - 344

2. Effect of surface chemistry and topography of sulphite fibres on the transcrystallinity of polypropylene

   • Marianne Lenes
   • Øyvind W. Gregersen

   OriginalPaper 24 February 2006 Pages: 345 - 355

3. Preparation of Chitin Hydrogel Under Mild Conditions

   • Hiroshi Tamura
   • Hideaki Nagahama
   • Seiichi Tokura

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2006 Pages: 357 - 364

4. Rheological and related study of gelation of xyloglucan in the presence of small molecules and other polysaccharides

   • Katsuyoshi Nishinari
   • BoSook Kim
   • Makoto Takemasa

   OriginalPaper 22 February 2006 Pages: 365 - 374

5. Block co-oligomers of tri-O-methylated and unmodified cello-oligosaccharides as model compounds for methylcellulose and its dissolution/gelation behavior

   • Hiroshi Kamitakahara
   • Fumiaki Nakatsubo
   • Dieter Klemm

   OriginalPaper 14 October 2005 Pages: 375 - 392

6. Splitting tendency of cellulosic fibers – Part 1. The effect of shear force on mechanical stability of swollen lyocell fibers

   • Hale Bahar Öztürk
   • Satoko Okubayashi
   • Thomas Bechtold

   OriginalPaper 25 February 2006 Pages: 393 - 402

7. Splitting tendency of cellulosic fibers. Part 2: Effects of fiber swelling in alkali solutions

   • Hale Bahar Öztürk
   • Satoko Okubayashi
   • Thomas Bechtold

   OriginalPaper 01 March 2006 Pages: 403 - 409

8. Visualisation of the fibrillar and pore morphology of cellulosic fibres applying transmission electron microscopy

   • Mohammad Abu Rous
   • Elisabeth Ingolic
   • Kurt Christian Schuster

   OriginalPaper 05 April 2006 Pages: 411 - 419

9. A fluorescence labeling approach to assess the deterioration state of aged papers

   • Ute Henniges
   • Thomas Prohaska
   • Antje Potthast

   OriginalPaper 08 April 2006 Pages: 421 - 428

10. A novel approach to determination of carbonyl groups in DMAc/LiCl-insoluble pulps by fluorescence labeling

    • Mirjana Kostic
    • Antje Potthast
    • Herbert Sixta

    OriginalPaper 24 March 2006 Pages: 429 - 435

11. Synthesis of diblock copolymers with cellulose derivatives. 3. Cellulose derivatives carrying a single pyrene group at the reducing-end and fluorescent studies of their self-assembly systems in aqueous NaOH solutions

    • Yukiko Enomoto
    • Hiroshi Kamitakahara
    • Fumiaki Nakatsubo

    OriginalPaper 14 October 2005 Pages: 437 - 448

12. Studies on pre-hump and main fractions of cellulose-2,5-acetate in acetone

    • Bodo Saake
    • Martin Zenker
    • Jürgen Puls

    OriginalPaper 27 April 2006 Pages: 449 - 458

13. Analysis of the substituent distribution in the glucosyl units and along the polymer chain of hydroxypropylmethyl celluloses and statistical evaluation

    • Roland Adden
    • Romy Müller
    • Petra Mischnick

    OriginalPaper 18 January 2006 Pages: 459 - 476

14. Chemo-enzymatic Synthesis of Novel Oligo-N-acetyllactosamine Derivatives having a β(1-4)–β(1-6) Repeating Unit by Using Transition State Analogue Substrate

    • Shin-ichiro Shoda
    • Yoshinori Misawa
    • Takeshi Watanabe

    OriginalPaper 11 April 2006 Pages: 477 - 484

15. Influence of protective agents for preservation of Gluconacetobacter xylinus on its cellulose production

    • Cornelia Wiegand
    • Dieter Klemm

    OriginalPaper 21 December 2005 Pages: 485 - 492

16. Mechanistic studies on cationic ring-opening polymerisation of cyclodextrin derivatives using various Lewis acids

    • Andreas Bösch
    • Manfred Nimtz
    • Petra Mischnick

    OriginalPaper 22 February 2006 Pages: 493 - 507