Figure 3. Ultrastructural properties of micrococoon.
(a) FTIR spectra of spheres, cylinders and of, short, thin and thick fibres. AFM images of native and aggregated NSF are shown at the right hand side of the FTIR spectra with scale bars of 400 nm. (b) Chart summarizing the structural changes of NSF upon its conversion into its different forms, calculated from the amide I bands in the FTIR spectra (Supplementary Fig. 3a). (c) AFM DMT modulus (Derjaguin-Muller-Toporov model of elastic contact) images in air and in liquid (right) with the corresponding distribution of the DMT modulus (left). Scale bar, 3,000 nm.