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Xin Jing, Jianbing Hu, Zehan Li, Jingya Zhang, Yanfeng Chen, Suiyi Li, Mingwei Zhu. Scalable ultrastrong bamboo strips via interfacial homogeneous fusion[J]. Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, 2026, 11(2): 100248. doi: 10.1016/j.jobab.2026.100248
Citation: Xin Jing, Jianbing Hu, Zehan Li, Jingya Zhang, Yanfeng Chen, Suiyi Li, Mingwei Zhu. Scalable ultrastrong bamboo strips via interfacial homogeneous fusion[J]. Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, 2026, 11(2): 100248. doi: 10.1016/j.jobab.2026.100248
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Scalable ultrastrong bamboo strips via interfacial homogeneous fusion

doi: 10.1016/j.jobab.2026.100248

  • National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures & Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials & Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China

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  • Corresponding author: E-mail address: suiyili@njfu.edu.cn (S. Li); E-mail address: mwzhu@nju.edu.cn (M. Zhu)
  • Received Date: 2025-12-17
  • Accepted Date: 2026-03-18
  • Rev Recd Date: 2026-02-03
    • Available Online: 2026-03-23
  • Publish Date: 2026-05-01
    Abstract
  • Ultrastrong bamboo is a lightweight, high-strength material with application potential exceeding that of natural bamboo. However, its high strength is not preserved in longer macroscopic assemblies for practical applications, which exhibit substantially inferior tensile strength (~363 MPa). To address this challenge, we designed a scalable ultrastrong bamboo strip (SUS-bamboo) featuring a structure with interfacial homogeneous fusion through a self-reinforcing strategy. This enhancement was achieved by a significant increase in the interfacial hydrogen-bond density via the synergistic effect of exposed nanofibers on the fiber surface and in situ dissolved regenerated cellulose nanofibrils. The SUS-bamboo exhibited a tensile strength of 942 MPa in macroscopic assembled form, which was 3.5 times that of the conventional assembly. The lower-cost, node-containing, scalable ultrastrong bamboo achieved a tensile strength of 553 MPa (two-layer bonded). This study provided an advanced strategy for the design and application of sustainable bamboo composites.

     

    • Author contributions
    Writing-original draft: Xin Jing. Visualization: Xin Jing, Validation: Xin Jing, Methodology: Xin Jing, Zehan Li, Investigation: Xin Jing, Data curation: Xin Jing, Conceptualization: Xin Jing, Suiyi Li, Mingwei Zhu, Writing-review and editing: Jianbing Hu, Zehan Li, Jingya Zhang, Yanfeng Chen, Suiyi Li, Mingwei Zhu, Formal analysis: Jianbing Hu, Jingya Zhang, Supervision: Yanfeng Chen, Suiyi Li, Mingwei Zhu, Funding acquisition: Yanfeng Chen, Mingwei Zhu.
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    Data will be made available on request.
    Declaration of competing interest
    The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
    Supplementary materials
    Supplementary material associated with this article can be found, in the online version, at doi:10.1016/j.jobab.2026.100248.
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