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To avoid clogging during homogenization, the suspension was first treated with ultrasonic (JY92-IIN, Scientz) for 10 min at a power of 500 W followed by high-shear mulser shearing for 1 min at 10,000 rpm (I25, IKN Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China) to obtain a homogeneous cellulose suspension. Then, the suspension was homogenized (D-3L, PhD Tech- nology, St. Paul, MN, USA) to obtain the final PCNF suspension.