Emerging engineered wood for building applications

Y Ding, Z Pang, K Lan, Y Yao, G Panzarasa… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The building sector, including building operations and materials, was responsible for the
emission of∼ 11.9 gigatons of global energy-related CO2 in 2020, accounting for 37% of the …

Inspired by wood: thick electrodes for supercapacitors

F Wang, J Lee, L Chen, G Zhang, S He, J Han, J Ahn… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The emergence and development of thick electrodes provide an efficient way for the high-
energy-density supercapacitor design. Wood is a kind of biomass material with porous …

Advanced flexible materials from nanocellulose

Z Chen, Y Hu, G Shi, H Zhuo, MA Ali… - Advanced functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
With the increase of environmental pollution and depletion of fossil fuel resources, the
utilization of renewable biomass resources for develo** functional materials or fine …

A scalable high-porosity wood for sound absorption and thermal insulation

X Zhao, Y Liu, L Zhao, A Yazdkhasti, Y Mao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The search for more-sustainable materials has motivated research on lightweight, porous
structures for thermal insulation and noise reduction, such as for construction and cold-chain …

Aerogels meet phase change materials: fundamentals, advances, and beyond

P Liu, X Chen, Y Li, P Cheng, Z Tang, J Lv, W Aftab… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Benefiting from the inherent properties of ultralight weight, ultrahigh porosity, ultrahigh
specific surface area, adjustable thermal/electrical conductivities, and mechanical flexibility …

Mussel‐inspired, self‐healing, highly effective fully polymeric fire‐retardant coatings enabled by group synergy

Z Ma, J Feng, S Huo, Z Sun, S Bourbigot… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fire‐retardant coatings represent a universal cost‐effective approach to providing fire
protection for various substrates without compromising substrates' bulk properties. However …

Bioinspired, highly adhesive, nanostructured polymeric coatings for superhydrophobic fire-extinguishing thermal insulation foam

Z Ma, X Liu, X Xu, L Liu, B Yu, C Maluk, G Huang… - Acs Nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lightweight polymeric foam is highly attractive as thermal insulation materials for energy-
saving buildings but is plagued by its inherent flammability. Fire-retardant coatings are …

Structure–property–function relationships of natural and engineered wood

C Chen, Y Kuang, S Zhu, I Burgert, T Keplinger… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The complex structure of wood, one of the most abundant biomaterials on Earth, has been
optimized over 270 million years of tree evolution. This optimization has led to the highly …

“Bottom-up” and “top-down” strategies toward strong cellulose-based materials

Q Qin, S Zeng, G Duan, Y Liu, X Han, R Yu… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Cellulose, as the most abundant natural polymer on Earth, has long captured researchers'
attention due to its high strength and modulus. Nevertheless, transferring its exceptional …

The rising aerogel fibers: status, challenges, and opportunities

Z Sheng, Z Liu, Y Hou, H Jiang, Y Li, G Li… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aerogel fibers garner tremendous scientific interest due to their unique properties such as
ultrahigh porosity, large specific surface area, and ultralow thermal conductivity, enabling …