Maurice Mcmurry
12-10-2023, 2:22 PM
This article was in my Google news today. I don't think this transparent resin process / product can be considered to be wood. It is an interesting article and an interesting idea.
The material the scientists worked with is thin—typically less than a millimeter to around a centimeter thick. But the cells create a sturdy honeycomb structure, and the tiny wood fibers are stronger than the best carbon fibers, says materials scientist Liangbing Hu, who leads the research group working on transparent wood at the University of Maryland in College Park. And with the resin added, transparent wood outperforms plastic and glass: In tests measuring how easily materials fracture or break under pressure, transparent wood came out around three times stronger than transparent plastics like Plexiglass and about 10 times tougher than glass.
Why scientists are making transparent wood | Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/why-scientists-are-making-transparent-wood/)
The material the scientists worked with is thin—typically less than a millimeter to around a centimeter thick. But the cells create a sturdy honeycomb structure, and the tiny wood fibers are stronger than the best carbon fibers, says materials scientist Liangbing Hu, who leads the research group working on transparent wood at the University of Maryland in College Park. And with the resin added, transparent wood outperforms plastic and glass: In tests measuring how easily materials fracture or break under pressure, transparent wood came out around three times stronger than transparent plastics like Plexiglass and about 10 times tougher than glass.
Why scientists are making transparent wood | Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/why-scientists-are-making-transparent-wood/)