Internal Structure of Mature and Immature Cotton Fibers Revealed by Scanning Probe Microscopy

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1005-1012

  Maxwell, J M ^a   Gordon, S G ^b   Huson, M G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DRYING; GLASS TRANSITION; HARDNESS; MICROSCOPES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOISTURE CONTROL;

SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPES (SPM);

COTTON FIBERS;

COTTON FIBER; FIBER PROPERTY; MATURITY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTY;

EID: 0344983762     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051750307301111     Document Type: Article

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