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Properties of Transparent Wood

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Transparent Wood Materials

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Due to the distinctive structures that result from its natural growth, wood is a commonly utilized structural material with exceptional mechanical qualities. Different woods exhibit an incredible range of mesostructures depending on their kinds and geographic variances. In recent years, interest in transparent wood (TW), a biocomposite material with optical transparency in the visible range, has increased due to its enormous potential for environmentally beneficial applications, such as in the building sector and functionalized organic materials. The aim of this chapter is to describe the latest progress in the field of material properties (mechanical, optical, electromagnetic) of transparent wood.

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  1. Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Trnava, Slovakia

    Igor Wachter

  2. Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Trnava, Slovakia

    Peter Rantuch

  3. Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Trnava, Slovakia

    Tomáš Štefko

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Wachter, I., Rantuch, P., Štefko, T. (2023). Properties of Transparent Wood. In: Transparent Wood Materials. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 330. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23405-7_1

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