“…Undoubtedly, the contribution of bulk crystal bundles to performance is far away lower than that of individual nanorods. The nanoscale Pal is potential to be applied to develop lubricant additive (Nan et al, 2014), smart materials (Peng et al, 2011;Jin et al, 2014), biomaterials (S. Han et al, 2014), plastic , rubber (Wang and Chen, 2013), tissue engineering materials , superhydrophobic coating , and so on. The special 1D nanoscale feature, excellent surface compatibility, and mechanical/ thermal stability of Pal render it advantageous as a filler of polymer materials.…”