Friday, May 14, 2021
Somebody didn’t do their homework
Oy…. Did this guy even talk to ANYONE with a chemistry, electronics or materials background before publishing this story?
“THE hottest new material in town is light, strong and conducts electricity. What’s more, it’s been around a long, long time.
Nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC), which is produced by processing wood pulp, is being hailed as the latest wonder material. Japan-based Pioneer Electronics is applying it to the next generation of flexible electronic displays.” [1]
Nanocellulose is nifty stuff, and boy, I sure wish it were electrically conductive, because I could come up with all kinds of useful applications. But no, cellulose is an electrical insulator. And extracting nanocellulsoe from cellulose doesn’t change that. It is still an electrical insulator. Any conductive application in electronics will REQUIRE the addition of something else that is conductive.
The useful property of nanocellulose is that it can be made into a TRANSPARENT substrate. Even better, it makes a substrate that is thermally stable, in other words it has a low coefficient of thermal expansion. In the world of displays, that is a big deal.
But it isn’t electrically conductive.