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Dry but flexible magnetic materials

Freeze-dried cellulose nanofibres from bacteria can act as templates for making highly flexible, porous and lightweight magnetic aerogels and stiff magnetic nanopaper.

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Figure 1: Flexible magnetic aerogel and stiff magnetic nanopaper.

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Faivre, D. Dry but flexible magnetic materials. Nature Nanotech 5, 562–563 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2010.159

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