Figure 5
Near-field absorption spectra of a single cotton microfibril (red/bottom trace) and of the thick layer of unoriented crystalline nanocellulose (blue/middle trace) as well as the far-field absorption spectrum of the unoriented crystalline nanocellulose layer (green/top trace). AFM probe oscillation frequency and tapping amplitude were: for the cellulose single microfibril 259 kHz and 25 nm; for the crystalline nanocellulose 248 kHz and 60 nm. The vertical scale for the near-field absorption spectra is the same, whereas the far-field absorption spectrum was scaled arbitrarily to match the intensity of the near-field data. The spectra are shifted vertically for clarity. |