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We have investigated unlignified tension wood and normally lignified wood celluloses inPopulus maximowiczii with particular reference to the composition of two crystalline phases Iα/Iβ (triclinic/ monoclinic). Four independent techniques, which enable us to detect the two phases, CP/MAS13C NMR, Fourier transform infrared microscopy, selected-area electron diffraction, and X-ray diffraction were applied. Because of the low crystallinity of wood celluloses, particularly in the case of celluloses in the lignified cell wall, no single method was decisive enough to be able to determine the composition of the two phases as one can with highly crystalline materials. The Iβ dominant structure (monoclinic crystal type) was, however, preferred for both tension and normal wood celluloses.
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Wada, M., Okano, T., Sugiyama, J. et al. Characterization of tension and normally lignified wood cellulose inPopulus maximowiczii . Cellulose 2, 223–233 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00811814
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