Transforming wood as next‐generation structural and functional materials for a sustainable future

T Farid, MI Rafiq, A Ali, W Tang - EcoMat, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Wood as an ecofriendly and renewable natural material has been extensively modified
through various delignification protocols to preserve its natural structure and fiber direction …

Eco-friendly and sustainable processing of wood-based materials

EI Akpan, B Wetzel, K Friedrich - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The hierarchical, porous, and macromolecular structures of woods provide opportunities for
them to be modified and processed into structural, functional, and multi-functional materials …

Laminating delignified wood veneers toward high-strength, flame-retardant composites for structural applications

Q Tang, M Zou, K Gao, L Chang, L Gao… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Develo** a high-strength, flame-resistant structural material derived from wood is
desirable for advanced applications in the transportation, construction, automotive, and …

Porous flexible wood scaffolds designed for high-performance electrochemical energy storage

T Farid, Y Wang, MI Rafiq, A Ali… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Natural wood has been physically or chemically modified to create new hierarchical
structures for vast applications. We report herein the facile methods to synthesize porous …

Recombinant spider silk protein and delignified wood form a strong adhesive system

L Lemetti, J Tersteegen, J Sammaljarvi… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
For develo** novel fully biological materials, a central question is how we can utilize
natural components in combination with biomimetic strategies in ways that both allow …

Intercellular matrix infiltration improves the wet strength of delignified wood composites

SM Koch, M Pillon, T Keplinger… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Delignified wood (DW) represents a promising bio-based fibrous material as a reinforcing
component in high-performance composites. These cellulose composites possess excellent …

Designing functional wood materials for novel engineering applications

G Panzarasa, I Burgert - Holzforschung, 2022 - degruyter.com
Wood has great potential to become a key material for future bio-economy, thanks especially
to its intrinsic renewability and CO2-storing capacity. Improved functionalization treatments …

High-performance all-bio-based laminates derived from delignified wood

M Frey, L Schneider, H Razi, E Trachsel… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The need for renewable bio-based materials that could replace well-established synthetic
composite materials is rapidly growing. For example, bio-based materials are increasingly …

New strategy for the preparation of ultra-high-strength wood-epoxy polymer composites

D Guo, S Yang, F Fu, G Li, F Chu - Composites Communications, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, an ultra-high-strength compressed wood-epoxy polymer composite (CWEPC)
was prepared by selective compression followed by epoxy monomer impregnation. Results …

[HTML][HTML] Strong and transparent film of naturally aligned softwood holocellulose fibers

S Wang, GG Mastantuoni, Y Dong, Q Zhou - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2025 - Elsevier
Mildly delignified softwood holocellulose fibers featuring native tracheid fiber cell wall
structure and high hemicellulose content are prominent building blocks for wood derived …