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NATIVE starches are, of course, polycrystalline materials, and their submicroscopic structure has been studied using X-ray diffraction procedures by many workers. Nevertheless, the fine structure of native starch granules is still unknown.
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HIZUKURI, S., NIKUNI, Z. Micelle Dimension of Potato Starch. Nature 180, 436–437 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180436a0
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