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Chitin fibres

 
Collaboration: Y. Nishiyama, CERMAV, Grenoble (France)
 
   
 
 
 Large scale areas studies
 
 Fibres dispersity and length
   
 
 
Chitin fibres
 
 
       
 
 
 SiO2 Surf
 
 Your Optical Microscope : upright, reflected light (BF challenging, DIC mode for guaranteed success)
   
   
     
 
A suspension of ß-chitin (from Thalassiosira Weissflogii alga; 0.1 % NaOH) is deposited on a standard surf. These 10 nm-diameter fibres present different morphologies, in particular some bent fibres and an important polydispersity on the fibres length.
(Scale bar: 20 µm)
 
     
       
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