Unwinding a spiral of cellulose nanocrystals for stimuli-responsive stretchable optics

Osamu Kose; Andy Tran; Lev Lewis; Wadood Y. Hamad; Mark J. MacLachlan

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08351-6

Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

Unwinding a spiral of cellulose nanocrystals for stimuli-responsive stretchable optics

Osamu Kose,
Andy Tran,
Lev Lewis,
Wadood Y. Hamad,
Mark J. MacLachlan

Affiliations

Osamu Kose: Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia
Andy Tran: Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia
Lev Lewis: Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia
Wadood Y. Hamad: FPInnovations
Mark J. MacLachlan: Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08351-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) spontaneously organize into a helical arrangement but flexible CNC elastomer composite materials with this structure were so far not realized. Here the authors demonstrate the fabrication of a CNC based elastomer composite and its application as a photonic strain sensor.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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