Thursday, May 10, 2018

Scientists just created a new "super wood" that's stronger than steel

Spider silk has long held the record for the strongest known natural biomaterial on Earth - but that just changed. Scientists at KTH Royal Institute of Technology created a new biomaterial using wood nanofibers that is stronger even than spider silk. Researchers "densified" wood to turn an already sturdy material into a "super wood" that is as strong as steel. To accomplish this, researchers used tiny cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) in a process that forces the fibers to align in the same...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/scientists-just-created-a-new-super-wood-thats-stronger-than-steel
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