Analysis of wood tissues by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry
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Elena N. Tokareva
, Andrey V. Pranovich , Pedro Fardim , Geoffrey Daniel and Bjarne Holmbom
Abstract
The distribution of lignin, carbohydrates, and metal ions on the surface of spruce and aspen wood tissue sections was investigated by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS). The distribution patterns of metals and lignin in ray cells, vessels, and fibres were different, whereas carbohydrates were uniformly distributed across the sections of all morphological regions. In spruce sapwood, Ca, Mg, Na, K, Fe locations was more pronounced in the bordered pit tori and inner layer of ray parenchyma cells. Little lignin was detected in these regions. In spruce heartwood, the degree of lignification was low on the surfaces of bordered pit tori; however, Na and K were not detected here. In compression wood from spruce, the locations of p-hydroxyphenyl and guaiacyl units was different in cell wall layers. In aspen sapwood, the main locations of Ca, Mg, Na, K were in lumina of longitudinal parenchyma cells and in pits between vessels and ray cells. Low-intensity signals of the secondary ions assigned to lignin were found in the same morphological regions.
©2007 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin New York
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- Acknowledgement
- Subject index
- Contents Volume 61 (2007)
- Author index
- Species index (scientific names)
- Meetings
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- Isolation and identification of residual chromophores from aged bleached pulp samples
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- Lignin-carbohydrate network in wood and pulps: A determinant for reactivity
- Cross polarisation/magic angle spinning 13C-NMR spectroscopic studies of cellulose structural changes in hardwood dissolving pulp process
- Fungal decay of spruce and beech wood assessed by near-infrared spectroscopy in combination with uni- and multivariate data analysis
- Paper mill sludge as a component of wood adhesive formulation
- Implementation of sorption hysteresis in multi-Fickian moisture transport
- Time/temperature equivalence in the dry wood creep response
- Neural network prediction of bending strength and stiffness in western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla Raf.)
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Articles in the same Issue
- Acknowledgement
- Subject index
- Contents Volume 61 (2007)
- Author index
- Species index (scientific names)
- Meetings
- Improvement of Pinus pinaster Ait elite trees selection by combining near infrared spectroscopy and genetic tools
- Direct method for the determination of phenolic hydroxyl groups in pulp
- Comparative effect of ozone, chlorine dioxide, and hydrogen peroxide on lignin: Reactions affecting pulp colour in the final bleaching stage
- Structural modification of eucalypt pulp lignin in a totally chlorine-free bleaching sequence including a laccase-mediator stage
- Analysis of wood tissues by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry
- Isolation and identification of residual chromophores from aged bleached pulp samples
- Studies on oxidative modifications of cellulose in the periodate system: Molecular weight distribution and carbonyl group profiles
- Lignin-carbohydrate network in wood and pulps: A determinant for reactivity
- Cross polarisation/magic angle spinning 13C-NMR spectroscopic studies of cellulose structural changes in hardwood dissolving pulp process
- Fungal decay of spruce and beech wood assessed by near-infrared spectroscopy in combination with uni- and multivariate data analysis
- Paper mill sludge as a component of wood adhesive formulation
- Implementation of sorption hysteresis in multi-Fickian moisture transport
- Time/temperature equivalence in the dry wood creep response
- Neural network prediction of bending strength and stiffness in western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla Raf.)
- Bending properties of particleboard and MDF layers
- Gold as an X-ray CT scanning contrast agent: Effect on the mechanical properties of wood plastic composites
- Lignin modification in the initial phase of softwood kraft pulp delignification with polyoxometalates (POMs)