title: Highly Anisotropic, Highly Transparent Wood Composites.
abstract: For the first time, two types of highly anisotropic, highly transparent wood composites are demonstrated by taking advantage of the macro-structures in original wood. These wood composites are highly transparent with a total transmittance up to 90% but exhibit dramatically different optical and mechanical properties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, MD, 20742, USA.
authors.forename: Mingwei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, MD, 20742, USA.
authors.forename: Jianwei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, MD, 20742, USA.
authors.forename: Tian
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, MD, 20742, USA.
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, MD, 20742, USA.
authors.forename: Yanbin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, MD, 20742, USA.
authors.forename: Jiaqi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, MD, 20742, USA.
authors.forename: Yonggang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, MD, 20742, USA.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, MD, 20742, USA.
authors.forename: Doug
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, MD, 20742, USA.
authors.forename: Liangbing
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hu
keywords: alignment; anisotropic structures; light scattering; lignin removal; structural materials; transparent wood