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fig: Collapsed-tube morphology and random twist characteristic of cotton fiber. 500x, 70° cross polars. (Source: http://206.180.235.133/jaic/articles/jaic26-01-003.html)















fig: SmartSilver-enhanced cotton fiber magnified 2,650 times. (http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=13347)























fig: Part of a Gossypium hirsutum cotton fiber viewed in the scanning electron microscope. (Photo by M. J. Grimson, reprinted from: Cotton Fiber Development and Processing, An Illustrated Overview, R. Seagull and P. Alspaugh, eds., Cotton Incorporated, Cary NC and International Textile Center, Texas Tech University. 88 pp( http://www.cropsci.ncsu.edu/Personnel/Haigler_Candace/)