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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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  1. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA

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  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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