Fig. 1: Fabrication of wood xerogels and transparent wood.
From: Wood xerogel for fabrication of high-performance transparent wood
a Photographs showing the white D-wood/ABPE composite (wood volume fraction of 17%) and the transparent TO-wood/ABPE composite (wood volume fraction of 12%) prepared from the corresponding D-wood and TO-wood xerogels with white arrows indicating the axial direction of fiber cells as in the native balsa wood. b Schematic illustration for compression of the TO-wood xerogel to prepare thick transparent wood with a wood volume fraction of 50% and corresponding photographs of the samples.
