Fig. 3: Scalability of aesthetic wood.
From: Scalable aesthetic transparent wood for energy efficient buildings
a Schematic of quarter slicing cutting to obtain the wood veneer with straight-line patterns. b A large-scale aesthetic wood assembled by L-wood veneer (demonstrated for sample size of 320 mm × 170 mm × 0.6 mm). c SEM image of the preserved whole wood microstructure after filling with polymer. d–e Zoomed-in SEM images to show the EW and LW well-defined lumina full of polymer. f–g The detailed SEM image of the aligned micro-sized channels and the aligned cellulose nanofibers on the corresponding cell wall. h–j VCA of wood cells in obtained aesthetic wood. k Corresponding Raman spectra.
