A review of the manufacturing and development of transparent wood

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1 Department of Wood Engineering and Technology , Azadshahr Branch, Islamic , Azad University , Azadshahr, Iran

2 Department of Wood Engineering and Technology, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran

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Transparent wood is an environmentally friendly biocomposite that have attracted great attention owing to their transparency, sustainability and multi-functionality. TW has many advantages as an emerging material, including being renewable, low cost, interesting optical properties, outstanding mechanical performance and low thermal conductivity. Lignin removal or modification, followed by infiltration of polymer with a similar refractive index to the wood substrate is the most important factor in the processing of transparent wood. This review first addresses wood structural features and chemical composition then investigates the effects of lignin removal wood species, and resin types on the properties of transparent wood. Finally, its optical, mechanical and thermal are presented.Transparent wood is an environmentally friendly biocomposite that have attracted great attention owing to their transparency, sustainability and multi-functionality. TW has many advantages as an emerging material, including being renewable, low cost, interesting optical properties, outstanding mechanical performance and low thermal conductivity. Lignin removal or modification, followed by infiltration of polymer with a similar refractive index to the wood substrate is the most important factor in the processing of transparent wood. This review first addresses wood structural features and chemical composition then investigates the effects of lignin removal wood species, and resin types on the properties of transparent wood. Finally, its optical, mechanical and thermal are presented.

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Available Online from 09 January 2024

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