%L discovery1469343 %J Journal of Visualized Experiments %N 87 %A K-Y Lee %A SR Shamsuddin %A M Fortea-Verdejo %A A Bismarck %X 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. %T Manufacturing Of Robust Natural Fiber Preforms Utilizing Bacterial Cellulose as Binder %D 2014 %O 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.