TY - JOUR N2 - 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. ID - discovery1469343 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/51432 SN - 1940-087X JF - Journal of Visualized Experiments A1 - Lee, K-Y A1 - Shamsuddin, SR A1 - Fortea-Verdejo, M A1 - Bismarck, A TI - Manufacturing Of Robust Natural Fiber Preforms Utilizing Bacterial Cellulose as Binder AV - public Y1 - 2014/05/22/ IS - 87 N1 - 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. ER -