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  • Materials Science
  • Nanotechnology
  • Biomaterials

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  • Achieving a combination of stability, biocompatibility, and mechanical strength in ionically conductive materials for bio-applications is challenging.
  • Existing materials often compromise on one or more of these critical properties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To report a novel "wood" ionic cable with enhanced biocompatibility, mechanical strength, and ionic conductivity.
  • To explore the ion regulation capabilities and nanofluidic properties of aligned wood nanofibrils.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of an ionic cable using aligned wood nanofibrils.
  • Characterization of mechanical properties (tensile strength in dry and wet states).
  • Measurement of ionic conductivity at low salt concentrations and analysis of nanofluidic behavior.

Main Results:

  • The wood ionic cable demonstrated high tensile strength (260 MPa dry, 80 MPa wet) and excellent flexibility.
  • Unique ion regulation was observed due to nanochannels and surface charges on cellulose nanofibrils.
  • Achieved Na+ ion conductivity of ≈1.5 × 10-4 S cm-1 at 1.0 × 10-5 mol L-1, exceeding bulk solution conductivity.

Conclusions:

  • The wood ionic cable offers a promising, scalable, and biocompatible material for bio-related applications.
  • Its ion-regulation properties enable novel designs for ionic devices.
  • This material presents a new platform for advanced nanofluidic applications.