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Turning powders into fibre via cellulose

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A wide range of zero-dimensional powders can be converted into versatile, high-performance one-dimensional micro-/nanofibres by using two-dimensional cellulose sheets as a mediator, preserving the particles’ nanostructural features and acting as building blocks for complex geometric shapes to satisfy application requirements.

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Fig. 1: Conversion of powders into micro-/nanofibres mediated by 2D cellulose.

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    Xizheng Wang

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA

    Xizheng Wang

  3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

    Liangbing Hu

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Wang, X., Hu, L. Turning powders into fibre via cellulose. Nat. Mater. 23, 579–580 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-024-01861-9

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