Antonio Norio Nakagaito

TL;DR: An overview of recent progress in the area of cellulose nanofibre-based nanocomposites is given in this article, with particular emphasis on applications, such as reinforced adhesives, to make optically transparent paper for electronic displays, to create DNA-hybrid materials, to generate hierarchical composites and for use in foams, aerogels and starch nanocom composites.

TL;DR: Nogi et al. as discussed by the authors proposed an optically transparent paper with low thermal expansion (CTE <8.5 ppm K ) using 15 nm cellulose nanofibers with the same chemical constituents as conventional paper and a production process also similar to conventional paper.

TL;DR: In this article, pulp fibers were fibrillated uniformly into nano-sized fibers using a grinder with a specially designed set of grinding disks, and the effect of the fibrillation through the grinder on the physical properties of the composites was investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated how the degree of fibrillation of pulp fiber affects the mechanical properties of the final composites, using kraft pulp subjected to various levels of refining and high pressure homogenization treatments was used as raw material with different phenolic resin contents.