Imaging the internal cellular structure of Merino wool fibres using atomic force microscopy

Micron

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-71

  Titcombe, L A ^a   Huson, M G ^a   Turner, P S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

AFM; Atomic force microscopy; Cellular structure; Ultramicrotomy; Wool fibre

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030909193     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(97)00006-1     Document Type: Article

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