Why scientists are making transparent #wood
The material is being exploited for #smartphone screens, insulated windows, and more. By bleaching away pigments in plant cells, #SiegfriedFink managed to create #transparentwood, and he published his technique in a niche wood technology journal in 1992. Transparent wood could soon find uses in super-strong screens for smartphones; in soft, glowing light fixtures; and even as structural features, such as color-changing windows. https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/why-scientists-are-making-transparent-wood/