To create see-through wood, scientists first need to modify or get rid of the glue, called lignin, that holds the cell bundles together and provides trunks and branches with most of their earthy ...

[Related: A beginner’s guide to selecting, planting, and protecting a new tree] “We’ve been studying lignin for decades, but the complexity of those polymers inside of wood makes it really ...

Before wood can be treated to obtain structural properties such as increased strength or UV resistance, it must be stripped of its lignin. Although methods exist for removing lignin, such as ...

Researchers at Aalto University have developed a bio-based adhesive that can replace formaldehyde-containing adhesives in wood construction. The main raw material in the new adhesive is lignin ...

The bio-based material makes use of lignin, the chief constituent of wood that is typically discarded and burned in paper and pulp mills. A method developed by the eponymous Lignin Industries ...

The material has 50% more tensile strength than steel with a strength-to-weight ratio that’s ten-times better.

Cellulose—durable, tightly packed strands of the simple sugar glucose—form the wood’s framework, enclosed by wiry strings of hemicellulose. Concrete-like lignin, the toughest of the three ...

On closer inspection, the team found that the fungus breaks down the lignin in the wood, the natural polymer that provides stiffness and compressive strength. However, this doesn’t reduce the ...

which uses the same ionic liquid to extract lignin from wood waste, ensuring process alignment with the company's existing ...

Superwood starts with regular timber, which is mostly composed of two compounds, cellulose and lignin. The goal is to strengthen the cellulose already present in the wood, according to an ...

Knowing this, you can see how destroying wood is child’s play for UV rays. The rays break apart the bonds of the lignin in wood. The damage extends to the coloration of the wood. It’s why ...