Transparent wood-based functional materials via a top-down approach

S Zhu, SK Biswas, Z Qiu, Y Yue, Q Fu, F Jiang… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Transparent wood-based materials (TWMs), made by either bottom-up or top-down
strategies, have attracted great attention owing to their transparency, sustainability and …

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 …

Current international research into cellulose as a functional nanomaterial for advanced applications

SJ Eichhorn, A Etale, J Wang, LA Berglund, Y Li… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
This review paper provides a recent overview of current international research that is being
conducted into the functional properties of cellulose as a nanomaterial. A particular …

An overview of regenerable wood-based composites: preparation and applications for flame retardancy, enhanced mechanical properties, biomimicry, and …

M Lian, Y Huang, Y Liu, D Jiang, Z Wu, B Li… - … Composites and Hybrid …, 2022 - Springer
With the increasing awareness of environmental protection and demand for smart homes
and high-performance composites, how to reduce the cost and improve their mechanical …

Wood‐based nanotechnologies toward sustainability

F Jiang, T Li, Y Li, Y Zhang, A Gong, J Dai… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
With over 30% global land coverage, the forest is one of nature's most generous gifts to
human beings, providing shelters and materials for all living beings. Apart from being …

Bioinspired wood nanotechnology for functional materials

LA Berglund, I Burgert - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
It is a challenging task to realize the vision of hierarchically structured nanomaterials for
large‐scale applications. Herein, the biomaterial wood as a large‐scale biotemplate for …

High performance, fully bio‐based, and optically transparent wood biocomposites

C Montanari, Y Ogawa, P Olsén… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The sustainable development of engineering biocomposites has been limited due to a lack
of bio‐based monomers combining favorable processing with high performance. Here, the …

Delignified wood from understanding the hierarchically aligned cellulosic structures to creating novel functional materials: a review

A Kumar, T Jyske, M Petrič - Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Utilization of hierarchically aligned natural cellulosic structures has become a leading
natural template scaffold for a diverse range of functional applications. This natural scaffold …

Lignin‐retaining transparent wood

Y Li, Q Fu, R Rojas, M Yan, M Lawoko… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Optically transparent wood, combining optical and mechanical performance, is an emerging
new material for light‐transmitting structures in buildings with the aim of reducing energy …

A comprehensive review of the synthesis strategies, properties, and applications of transparent wood as a renewable and sustainable resource

M Chutturi, S Gillela, SM Yadav, ES Wibowo… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The uncertainties of the environment and the emission levels of nonrenewable resources
have compelled humanity to develop sustainable energy savers and sustainable materials …