Researchers have developed a type of transparent wood that they claim could offer a sustainable and environmentally-friendly alternative to plastic. A team from the Institute of Wood Science and ...

Making wood transparent is essentially a really simple process. The first step involves immersing blocks of wood in a boiling bath filled with water, sodium hydroxide and other chemicals for about two ...

Transparent wood is the most recent novel development that could replace conventional glass or plastic windows. While glass and plastics are transparent and can be made to provide structural support, ...

Creating transparent wood is primarily initiated through soaking its entire body to a chemical compound used in making toothpaste and bleach, the sodium chlorite.The compound will get rid of lignin, ...

‘In France, we build more with concrete and stone than wood,’ he said. ‘When I was exposed to Japanese building culture, I realised how you could build fantastic structures with wood. This material ...

Wood is basically composed of ' cellulose ', which is the main component of plant fibers, and ' lignin ', which combines cellulose to create strength. Molecules called 'chromophores' contained in this ...

An engineered transparent wood that can trap heat and then release it when needed could be the next trendy building material. The new kind of wood not only transmits light, but is also able to absorb ...

Glass windows may soon be a thing of the past. Researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm have developed a transparent wood material that could change the way we construct ...

Scientists have created transparent wood that can absorb and release heat. This wood could one day be used in the construction industry to make eco-friendly buildings, researchers presenting their ...

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In a paper published in the journal Science Advances, the team of scientists describes their process for making wood transparent and why they believe it is better than the old process. While ...