Gary R. Gamble, USDA-ARS, Cotton Quality Research Station, P.O. Box 792, Clemson, SC 29633, Robert E. Taylor, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Alfred D. French, SRRC, USDA-ARS, 1100 Robert E. Lee Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70124, David S. Himmelsbach, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Richard B. Russell Research Center, 950 College Station Road, Athens, GA 30605, R. D. Stipanovic, USDA-ARS-SPARC, 2765 F&B Road (Bldg 11), Cotton Pathology Research Unit, College Station, TX 77845, Devron P. Thibodeaux, USDA-ARS-SAA, Cotton Quality Research Station, Mc Gregor Rd,, Clemson, SC 29634, Phillip J. Wakelyn, National Cotton Council of America, 1521 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036, and C. Dybowski, University of Delaware, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Newark, DE 19716.
The interaction of water with cellulose and its influence on
the nuclear spin dynamics in Gossypium
barbadense (Pima) cotton were investigated by 1H and 13C
solid-state NMR techniques. 1H spin diffusion results indicate that
water is present in multiple layers within the cotton fiber, each layer being
from 14-17 monolayers in thickness.
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