New plant-derived composite is tough as bone and hard as aluminum

Re:New plant-derived composite is tough as bone and hard as ... by dieselerator on Friday February 11, 2022 @12:58AM (#30297610)

I guessed this might be buckthorn, but no

cellulose nanocrystals (CNC)

from the article:

"At the nanoscale, CNCs are stronger and stiffer than Kevlar. If the crystals could be worked into materials in significant fractions, CNCs could be a route to stronger, more sustainable, naturally derived plastics."

the original paper:

Printable, castable, nanocrystalline cellulose-epoxy composites exhibiting hierarchical nacre-like toughening

<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10570-021-04384-7> (paywall)

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Re:New plant-derived composite is tough as bone and hard as ... by CrazyPyroLinux on Friday February 11, 2022 @11:16AM (#30303162)

So it's FDM printable? Side note: I can see the overloading of "CNC" being confusing ;)

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