12％ acrylamide (AM) was grafted onto the surface of nanocellulose whiskers (NCW),which was self-assembled to be the chiral nematic suspension at 3％ content.The acrylamide grafted NCW (AM-g-NCW) was characterized with Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR).The grafting ratio was measured by elemental analysis.The degrees of crystallinity of the AM-g-NCW were measured by X-ray diffraction (XRD).The liquid crystalline properties of the AM-g-NCW were investigated by the polarizing optical microscopy (POM).The AM-g-NCW was found to self-assembly to be a lyotropic state.