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. 2011 Jun 13;6(1):417. doi: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-417

Table 1.

Components of microfibrillated cellulose

Diameter (μm) Biological structures Technological terms
10 to 50 Tracheid Cellulose fibre
<1 Macrofibrils [13,17,28] Fibrillar fines, fibrils [29,30]
<0.1 Nanofibril, nanofibres [6,8,16,34]
<0.035 Microfibril [13,15]
0.0035 Elementary fibril [12-15]

Terms and sizes according to terminology and morphology reported in the literature.