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3D Chemical Image using TOF‐SIMS Revealing the Biopolymer Component Spatial and Lateral Distributions in Biomass
Author(s) -
Jung Seokwon,
Foston Marcus,
Kalluri Udaya C.,
Tuskan Gerald A.,
Ragauskas Arthur J.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201205243
Subject(s) - lignin , biopolymer , cellulose , component (thermodynamics) , biomass (ecology) , micrometer , secondary ion mass spectrometry , mass spectrometry , computer science , materials science , nanotechnology , chemistry , biological system , physics , polymer , optics , geology , composite material , chromatography , organic chemistry , oceanography , thermodynamics , biology
Show me inside : 3D time‐of‐flight secondary‐ion mass spectrometry (TOF‐SIMS) with a dual‐beam mode allows the detection of the characteristic biopolymers from surface to subsurface in plant cell walls. Lateral and vertical distribution of major components can thereby be mapped to understand the structural architecture of plant cell walls at under sub‐micrometer scales (see picture: green=cellulose, red=lignin).