mahmud_Fiber in Nature_16

Seed fiber_ cotton ( continued)















fig: Cotton magnified 400x. This shows the twisting of one fiber (Source:http://www.alpinemeadowsguild.org/fiber_microscopy.html)













fig: Electron Microscopy Images of Developing Fibers : Images of developing cotton fibers. The top image shows fiber initials beginning the process of differentiation. The bottom row, from left to right: close up of fiber initials on the day of anthesis, developing fibers, and fibers at maturity, showing the characteristic twist that imparts cotton’s spinable quality. ( source: http://www.eeob.iastate.edu/faculty/WendelJ/geneexpression.htm)












fig: Image: development of cotton fiber ( source: http://cottongenomics.biosci.utexas.edu/introduction/cottonfiber.php)















fig: Image: Transmission electron microscope cross-sectional image of cotton fiber coated with 200 cycles of Al2 O3 ALD demonstrates uniform, conformal coating of fiber surface. (Source: http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/news_articles/nano-fibers.html . Photo: courtesy of Dr. Kevin Hyde)