Investigation of the internal structure of flax fibre cell walls by transmission electron microscopy

Cellulose

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3521-3530

  Thuault, Anthony ^a,c   Domengès, Bernadette ^b   Hervas, Isabel ^a,d   Gomina, Moussa ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE CRISMAT   (France)

^b Presto Engineering Europe   (France)

^c Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut Cambrésis   (France)

^d ARTS ET MÉTIERS PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Cellulose; Flax fibre; Microstructure; Oolong tea extract staining; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CELLULOSE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLAX; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LINEN; MICROSTRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YARN;

CELL WALLS; FLAX FIBRES; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; OOLONG TEA; RELATIVE THICKNESS; STAINING METHOD; THINNER LAYERS;

FIBERS;

EID: 84946493098     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: 1572882X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-015-0744-6     Document Type: Article

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