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 …

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 …

Bioinspired nanofibrous aerogel with vertically aligned channels for efficient water purification and salt‐rejecting solar desalination

W Ma, T Lu, W Cao, R Xiong… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar steam generation has become one of the most promising strategies to relieve the
freshwater crisis. Whereas, the construction of a solar‐thermal water evaporation structure …

A strong, biodegradable and recyclable lignocellulosic bioplastic

Q Xia, C Chen, Y Yao, J Li, S He, Y Zhou, T Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Renewable and biodegradable materials derived from biomass are attractive candidates to
replace non-biodegradable petrochemical plastics. However, the mechanical performance …

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 …

Top-down construction strategy toward sustainable cellulose composite paper with tunable electromagnetic interference shielding

M Zhou, J Wang, S Tan, G Ji - Materials Today Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
Cellulose-based electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding composites have aroused
enormous attention due to their advantages of environmental protection, low cost, and …

Carbon‐based composite phase change materials for thermal energy storage, transfer, and conversion

X Chen, P Cheng, Z Tang, X Xu, H Gao… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Phase change materials (PCMs) can alleviate concerns over energy to some extent by
reversibly storing a tremendous amount of renewable and sustainable thermal energy …

Surface and interface engineering for nanocellulosic advanced materials

X Yang, SK Biswas, J Han, S Tanpichai… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
How do trees support their upright massive bodies? The support comes from the incredibly
strong and stiff, and highly crystalline nanoscale fibrils of extended cellulose chains, called …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …