Hgm. Edwards et al., FT-RAMAN SPECTRUM OF COTTON - A POLYMERIC BIOMOLECULAR ANALYSIS, Spectrochimica acta. Part A: Molecular spectroscopy, 50(4), 1994, pp. 807-811
FT-Raman spectra of cotton in the form of a natural plant boll and as
an open-weave surgical bandage fabric have been obtained and comprehen
sive vibrational assignments of natural cellulose have been made. Comp
arisons are made with the vibrational spectra of mono- and disaccharid
es such as alpha-D-glucose and maltose and with partial assignments fo
r other forms of cellulose.