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SUBMITTER: Caixeiro S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5345115 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Caixeiro Soraya S Peruzzo Matilda M Onelli Olimpia D OD Vignolini Silvia S Sapienza Riccardo R
ACS applied materials & interfaces 20170222 9
Cellulose is the most abundant biopolymer on Earth. Cellulose fibers, such as the one extracted form cotton or woodpulp, have been used by humankind for hundreds of years to make textiles and paper. Here we show how, by engineering light-matter interaction, we can optimize light scattering using exclusively cellulose nanocrystals. The produced material is sustainable, biocompatible, and when compared to ordinary microfiber-based paper, it shows enhanced scattering strength (×4), yielding a trans ...[more]