Actuation of electrochemical, electro-magnetic, and electro-active actuators for carbon nanofiber and Ni nanowire reinforced polymer composites

Cellulose fibers isolated from energycane bagasse using alkaline and sodium chlorite treatments: Structural, chemical and thermal properties

“…Because of its exceptional characteristics of great stiffness and high hydrophilicity, cellulose related materials can be used in tissue engineering scaffolds, filter media, nano sensors, adhesive, skin mask, wound dressing, and functional clothes (Park et al, 2008;Gatenholm and Klemm, 2010). The raw materials for manufacturing cellulose are widely considered inexhaustible in nature.…”

Magnetic nanowires by electrodeposition within templates

“…Furthermore, magnetic nanowires are interesting for a lot of sensor applications: Co/Cu nanowire arrays are proposed to be used as GMR sensors for automotive contact-less positioning systems [8], magnetostrictive nanowires such as Fe-Ga are proposed as acoustic sensors for sonar arrays, under-water cameras and medical devices [9,10]. Ni nanowire/polymer nanocomposites have been proposed as electrochemical, electro-magnetic or electro-active actuators [11]. Magnetic nanowire-enhanced optomagnetic tweezers utilise the highly localised magnetic field gradients induced near the tip of a magnetic nanowire to provide strong trapping forces on magnetic nanoparticles with high spatial resolution that is of high relevance in many biological processes [12].…”

Comparative properties of cellulose nano-crystals from native and mercerized cotton fibers

“…Potential applications of CNCs are in various fields such as materials science, electronics, catalysis and biomedicine (Park et al 2008;Gatenholm and Klemm 2010). For instance, various cellulose nanofibrils, nanocrystals and whiskers have been incorporated into polymer matrices to produce reinforced composites having significantly improved mechanical strength (Lu and Hsieh 2010;Zhou et al 2011b).…”