Low-methyl esterified pectin with a degree of methylation of 33% was shaped into continuous textile fibres via wet spinning with a calcium chloride coagulation bath. The resulting fibres exhibit mechanical properties approaching those of viscose and show promise as biobased, scalable, and green-produced alternatives to conventional man-made fibres.
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A. M. Kozlowski, K. E. Lindgren, G. Mangiante and T. Köhnke, RSC Sustainability, 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5SU00048C
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