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Manufacturing Of Robust Natural Fiber Preforms Utilizing Bacterial Cellulose as Binder - a 2 minute Preview of the Experimental Protocol

Koon-Yang Lee, Siti Rosminah Shamsuddin, Marta Fortea-Verdejo, Alexander Bismarck
University of Vienna, Polymer and Composite Engineering (PaCE) Group, Institute of Materials Chemistry and Research; University College London, Department of Chemical Engineering; Imperial College London, Polymer and Composite Engineering (PaCE) Group, Department of Chemical Engineering;

We present a novel method of manufacturing rigid and robust short natural fiber preforms using a papermaking process. Bacterial cellulose acts simultaneously as the binder for the loose fibers and provides rigidity to the fiber preforms. These preforms can be infused with a resin to produce truly green hierarchical composites.

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