Transparent wood
Transparent wood is a new composite wood material. It is 90% transparent and stronger than wood itself. It was made for the first time in 1992.
The material is biodegradeable.[1][2][3] Transparent wood it is also shatterproof. On the other hand, we do not know how long-lasting it is.
As soon as the news was released at the end of 2015, see-through wood had a big press reaction.[4][5][6]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ St. Fluer, Nicholas (13 May 2016). "Wood that could be mistaken for glass". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ↑ Scharping, Nathaniel (16 May 2015). "Transparent wood is a surprisingly versatile material". Discover. Online. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ↑ Zhu, Mingwei; Song, Jianwei; Li, Tian; Gong, Amy; Wang, Yanbin; Dai, Jiaqi; Yao, Yonggang; Luo, Wei; Henderson, Doug; Hu, Liangbing (2016-05-04). "Highly Anisotropic, Highly Transparent Wood Composites". Advanced Materials. 28 (26). Wiley: 5181–5187. doi:10.1002/adma.201600427. ISSN 0935-9648. PMID 27147136. S2CID 21569139.
- ↑ KTH The Royal Institute of Technology (30 Mar 2016). "Wood windows? Transparent wood material used for buildings, solar cells". Science Daily. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ↑ Emily Reynolds (31 Mar 2016). "This transparent wood could be used to build windows". Wired UK. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ↑ Daniel Akst (21 Apr 2016). "What Could We Build With Extra-Strong, See-Through Wood?". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 27 Mar 2019.