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BIOMACROMOLECULES
Volume 2, Issue 3, Pages 672-680Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bm005643l
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Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) experiments with in situ dehydration have been performed on small bundles of flax fibers. Analysis indicated that the structure of the cellulose microfibrils is consistent with a cross section of approximately 10 x 50 Angstrom(2). The microfibril misalilgnment was Gaussian with a full width at half-maximum of 11-15degrees, dependent on hydration level. A meridional peak at q = 0.095 Angstrom(-1) was observed, possibly for the first time in cellulose I fibers, and this has been attributed to a crystalline/noncrystalline repeat repeat distance of 60-70 Angstrom. It has also been noted that there is considerable change in structure as flax fibers dry from the wet state.
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