Transparent wood-based materials (TWMs), made by either bottom-up or top-down
strategies, have attracted great attention owing to their transparency, sustainability and …

Transparent wood (TW)‐based materials have increasingly become the focus of researchers
worldwide owing to their superior physico‐chemical‐optical properties, sustainable nature …

Cracks oriented in the toughest direction across the grain of wood (0°) tend to deflect at 90°
to the precrack rather than extending in 0° direction. Fracture toughness data across the …

Finite element model updating (FEMU) is an advanced inverse parameter identification
method capable of identifying multiple parameters in a material model through one or a few …

TW transparent wood/polymer biocomposite laminates are of interest as multifunctional
materials with good longitudinal modulus, tensile strength and optical transmittance. The …

Fracture toughness and mechanisms of crack growth are characterized for transparent wood
polymer biocomposites and compared to native wood, with the crack normal to the fiber …

This work aimed to study the initial stress to cracking of Cameroonian tropical woods. The
forests of the Cameroonian part of the Congo Basin, abound in species highly sought after …

Characterizing the adhesion between thin films and rigid substrates is crucial in engineering
applications. Still, existing standard methods suffer from issues such as poor reproducibility …

Characterizing the adhesion between thin films and rigid substrates is crucial in engineering
applications. Still, existing standard methods suffer from issues such as poor reproducibility …

Biocomposites first began to attract attention from the climate movement that gained traction
after the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in 2009, bringing to the fore …