@article{discovery1469343, journal = {Journal of Visualized Experiments}, year = {2014}, title = {Manufacturing Of Robust Natural Fiber Preforms Utilizing Bacterial Cellulose as Binder}, note = {This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that that reuse is restricted to non-commercial purposes, i.e. research or educational use, and the original work is properly cited.}, number = {87}, month = {May}, abstract = {We present a novel method of manufacturing rigid and robust short natural fiber preforms using a papermaking process. Bacterial cellulose acts simultaneously as the binder for the loose fibers and provides rigidity to the fiber preforms. These preforms can be infused with a resin to produce truly green hierarchical composites.}, issn = {1940-087X}, author = {Lee, K-Y and Shamsuddin, SR and Fortea-Verdejo, M and Bismarck, A}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/51432} }