TY - JOUR
T1 - Fabrication, Functionalities and Applications of Transparent Wood
T2 - A Review
AU - Hu, Xin
AU - Yu, Rujun
AU - Wang, Faming
AU - Liu, Zunfeng
AU - Yang, Hongyu
AU - Chen, Chaoji
AU - Li, Yangling
AU - Noor, Nuruzzaman
AU - Fei, Bin
N1 - Funding Information:
X.H., R.Y. contributed equally to this work. All authors would like to thank the Hong Kong Environment and Conservation Fund (Grant code: ECF 107/2020, P0034081), and PolyU (1‐BBCB) for funding.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Wiley-VCH GmbH.
PY - 2023/9/12
Y1 - 2023/9/12
N2 - Transparent wood (TW)-based materials have increasingly become the focus of researchers worldwide owing to their superior physico-chemical-optical properties, sustainable nature, as well as the fact that they are highly accommodating frameworks that can act as building blocks to readily explore a vast range of potential functionalities, holding great potential to displace glass and plastics in their various respective applications. The integration of multiple functionalities into TW has been undertaken to fulfill the demands of prospective sophisticated applications through the utilization of functional fillers or coatings. Herein, the up-to-date foundational developments and reports concerning emergent TW composites and coatings from a perspective of fabrication-functionality-application are comprehensively summarized, with a particular focus on seven specific functionalities; i) solar control; ii) chromically-responsive, iii) electrically-conductive, iv) shape-memory active; v) flame-retardant; vi) electromagnetic interference shielding; and vii) aesthetics. The potential applications of TW with these functionalities are also discussed. Finally, the current challenge with TW is addressed, as well as the future developments required for eventual real-world application.
AB - Transparent wood (TW)-based materials have increasingly become the focus of researchers worldwide owing to their superior physico-chemical-optical properties, sustainable nature, as well as the fact that they are highly accommodating frameworks that can act as building blocks to readily explore a vast range of potential functionalities, holding great potential to displace glass and plastics in their various respective applications. The integration of multiple functionalities into TW has been undertaken to fulfill the demands of prospective sophisticated applications through the utilization of functional fillers or coatings. Herein, the up-to-date foundational developments and reports concerning emergent TW composites and coatings from a perspective of fabrication-functionality-application are comprehensively summarized, with a particular focus on seven specific functionalities; i) solar control; ii) chromically-responsive, iii) electrically-conductive, iv) shape-memory active; v) flame-retardant; vi) electromagnetic interference shielding; and vii) aesthetics. The potential applications of TW with these functionalities are also discussed. Finally, the current challenge with TW is addressed, as well as the future developments required for eventual real-world application.
KW - bio-composites
KW - multifunctional wood
KW - sustainable materials
KW - transparent wood
KW - wood coatings and composites
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U2 - 10.1002/adfm.202303278
DO - 10.1002/adfm.202303278
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85160764945
SN - 1616-301X
VL - 33
JO - Advanced Functional Materials
JF - Advanced Functional Materials
IS - 37
M1 - 2303278
ER -