Cellulose: refutation of a folded-chain structure.
Calculations of modulus of elasticity for extended-and folded-chain configurations have been compared with the experimental observations of mechanical properties of native cellulosic fibers. A recent folded-chain proposal is incompatible with the experimental evidence.
D002482:Cellulose; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D004548:Elasticity; D008961:Models, Structural
D002482:Cellulose