The Promise of Cellulose Nanofibers

A view of CNFs through a microscope (courtesy of Nanocelluose Forum).

Professor Isogai of the University of Tokyo at the Embassy of Sweden, Tokyo, on March 10, 2016 (photo by Nagasawa Takaaki).

CNF dispersion fluid (courtesy of Nippon Paper).

Mitsubishi Pencil’s ballpoint pen, Uni-Ball Signo 307, with ink using CNFs as a thickening agent (courtesy of Mitsubishi Pencil).

Lines drawn with a conventional pen, left, and with Uni-Ball Signo 307, right (courtesy of Mitsubishi Pencil).