Optically Transparent Composites Reinforced with Networks of Bacterial Nanofibers

By H. Yano, J. Sugiyama, A. N. Nakagaito, M. Nogi, T. Matsuura, M. Hikita, K. Handa. 2005

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Subfields: Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry

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Facile preparation of mouldable polyvinyl alcohol-borax hydrogels reinforced by well-dispersed cellulose nanoparticles: physical, viscoelastic and mechanical properties (2013, background): “If the particle size is less than one tenth of the visible light wavelength, the light scattering is effectively restrained despite of the difference in the refractive index of cellulose and PVA (Yano et al. 2005).”
Preparation and characterization of water-redispersible nanofibrillated cellulose in powder form (2010, background): “…great interest for the preparation of nanocomposites with polymer matrices due to its interesting properties, such as high strength and stiffness (Zadorecki and Michell 1989; Yano and Nakahara 2004; Hubbe et al. 2008), transparency (Yano et al. 2005) or biodegradability (Couderc et al. 2009).”
Comparing microcrystalline with spherical nanocrystalline cellulose from waste cotton fabrics (2012, background): “Consequently, NCC is emerging as one of the most promising sustainable building blocks for future advanced materials (Walther et al. 2011; Yano et al. 2005; Zhang et al. 2010; Yi et al. 2009).”
Mechanical and thermal properties of waterborne epoxy composites containing cellulose nanocrystals (2013, background): “% cellulose transmitted 80% of visible light, indicating that even aggregated cellulosic materials appear transparent to the eye [27].”
Fabrication and characterization of cellulose nanofiber based thin-film nanofibrous composite membranes (2014, methodology): “For example, one benign way to prepare cellulose nanofibers is by using acetobacter xylinum to produce bacterial cellulose (BC) nanofibers [6–8].”
Cellulose reinforced polymer composites and nanocomposites: a critical review (2013, methodology): “As with bacterial cellulose (Yano et al. 2005), owing to its small cross-sectional dimensions, ACCs”