From: Cellulose fibres, nanofibrils and microfibrils: The morphological sequence of MFC components from a plant physiology and fibre technology point of view
Diameter (μm)
Biological structures
Technological terms
10 to 50
Tracheid
Cellulose fibre
<1
Macrofibrils [13, 17, 28]
Fibrillar fines, fibrils [29, 30]
<0.1
Nanofibril, nanofibres [6, 8, 16, 34]
<0.035
Microfibril [13, 15]
0.0035
Elementary fibril [12–15]
