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Cellulose Nanofibre (CNF) - World's Most Advanced Biomass Material.

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 Since the beginning of human existence, materials have been fundamental to the development of society. Few materials had been so important for the development of society that those eras are named after materials like the Stone Age, Copper Age, Bronze Age, etc as they were in extensive use in those times due to their availability. Nowadays all different types of materials, structural and building materials such as metals, ceramics, and polymers are the most widely used  Cellulose nanofibers are linear polymer, which exhibits high stiffness and strength (Young's modulus of CNF is up to 130GPa) due to the extensive inter-and intramolecular hydrogen bonds between the molecules. CNF has a diameter of about 3 nm and lengths in the micron-scale showing both crystalline and amorphous sections They are extremely thin fibres. They have a very unique type of viscosity, to be transparent, lightweight, and strong durable, and to change very little in shape due to temperature variations. C...