Issue 3, 2015

Hybrid wood materials with improved fire retardance by bio-inspired mineralisation on the nano- and submicron level

Abstract

Inspired by natural matrix-mediated biomineralisation, we present an artificial calcification approach for wood, which predominately targets the hardly accessible nanoporous cell wall structure rather than the micron-sized void system of the cell lumina. CaCO3 can be deposited with this method deep inside the wood structure. Mineralisation of the wood cell wall architecture with CaCO3 offers a green alternative to conventional fire-retardant systems.

Graphical abstract: Hybrid wood materials with improved fire retardance by bio-inspired mineralisation on the nano- and submicron level

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 sep 2014
Accepted
19 dec 2014
First published
13 jan 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Green Chem., 2015,17, 1423-1428

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Hybrid wood materials with improved fire retardance by bio-inspired mineralisation on the nano- and submicron level

V. Merk, M. Chanana, T. Keplinger, S. Gaan and I. Burgert, Green Chem., 2015, 17, 1423 DOI: 10.1039/C4GC01862A

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