Within-fiber nonuniformities of microfibril angle

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 132-138

  Sedighi Gilani, Marjan ^a   Sunderland, Homeira ^a   Navi, Parviz ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bordered pit; Confocal microscope; Crossfield; Earlywood; Latewood; Microfibril angle; Wood fiber

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SOFTWOODS; WOOD;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE; CROSSFIELD; MICROFIBRIL ANGLE;

NATURAL FIBERS;

BORDERED PITS; FIBRILS; MICROSCOPY; PICEA; SPRING WOOD; SUMMER WOOD; WOOD FIBERS;

PICEA;

EID: 33644646267     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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