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]
Transparent Wood Media
A video of transparent wood produced with a DIY method
References
- ↑ St. Fluer, Nicholas (13 May 2016). Wood that could be mistaken for glass. New York City. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/12/science/see-through-wood.html. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ↑ Scharping, Nathaniel (16 May 2015). Transparent wood is a surprisingly versatile material. Online. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/05/16/transparent-wood-is-a-surprisingly-versatile-material/. 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. Wiley. 28 (26): 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. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/transparent-wood-building-walls-solar-cells. 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.