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Contraction of the microfibrils of wood treated with aqueous NaOH: evidence from changes in the anisotropy of the longitudinal and transverse swelling rates of wood

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  1. Hokkaido Forest Products Research Institute, Asahikawa, 071-0198, Japan

    Yukiko Ishikura

  2. Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan

    Takato Nakano

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Part of this article was presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Akita, August 2006

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Ishikura, Y., Nakano, T. Contraction of the microfibrils of wood treated with aqueous NaOH: evidence from changes in the anisotropy of the longitudinal and transverse swelling rates of wood. J Wood Sci 53, 175–177 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-006-0870-8

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