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 …

Wood-based biochar for the removal of potentially toxic elements in water and wastewater: a critical review

SM Shaheen, NK Niazi, NEE Hassan… - International …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Recently, biochar has received significant attention, especially for the removal of potentially
toxic elements (PTEs) from water and wastewater. No review has been focused on the …

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 …

Highly Anisotropic, Highly Transparent Wood Composites.

M Zhu, J Song, T Li, A Gong, Y Wang, J Dai… - … (Deerfield Beach, Fla …, 2016 - europepmc.org
For the first time, two types of highly anisotropic, highly transparent wood composites are
demonstrated by taking advantage of the macro-structures in original wood. These wood …

Optically transparent wood from a nanoporous cellulosic template: combining functional and structural performance

Y Li, Q Fu, S Yu, M Yan, L Berglund - Biomacromolecules, 2016 - ACS Publications
Optically transparent wood (TW) with transmittance as high as 85% and haze of 71% was
obtained using a delignified nanoporous wood template. The template was prepared by …

Wood nanotechnology for strong, mesoporous, and hydrophobic biocomposites for selective separation of oil/water mixtures

Q Fu, F Ansari, Q Zhou, LA Berglund - ACS nano, 2018 - ACS Publications
Tremendous efforts have been dedicated to developing effective and eco-friendly
approaches for separation of oil–water mixtures. Challenges remain in terms of complex …

Review of wood modification and wood functionalization technologies

SL Zelinka, M Altgen, L Emmerich, N Guigo… - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wood modifications are becoming popular as a way to enhance the performance of wood,
either to make it more durable, improve the performance of wood, or give it new functionality …

Top-down approach making anisotropic cellulose aerogels as universal substrates for multifunctionalization

J Garemark, X Yang, X Sheng, O Cheung, L Sun… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Highly porous, strong aerogels with anisotropic structural properties are of great interest for
multifunctional materials for applications including insulators in buildings, filters for oil …

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 …