title: Imaging cellulose using atomic force microscopy.
abstract: Cellulose is an important biopolymer primarily stored as plant cell wall material. Plant-synthesized cellulose forms elementary fibrils that are micrometers in length and 3-5 nm in dimensions. Cellulose is a dynamic structure, and its size and property vary in different cellulose-containing materials. Atomic force microscopy offers the capability of imaging surface structure at the subnanometer resolution and under nearly physiological conditions, therefore providing an ideal tool for cellulose characterization.
authors: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Biosciences Center, Golden, CO, USA. shi.you.ding@nrel.gov
authors: Shi-You
authors: SY
authors: Ding
authors: Yu-San
authors: YS
authors: Liu
mesh_terms: D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry*; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry*; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force / Q000379:methods*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D003313:Zea mays / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D002482:Cellulose