Fabrication of Biodegradable Modified Wood for Future Application
Disciplines
Materials Chemistry
Abstract (300 words maximum)
Current research demonstrates the delignification of natural wood (NW) by chemical treatment. In our research, the delignified wood (DW) is impregnated with bio-compatible and bio-degradable polymer to create transparent wood (TW). By incorporating such natural polymers, we have also given way to flexibility in the TW. Additionally, the resultant TW was further modified to have electrical conductivity by incorporating silver nanowires (AgNWs). Such modified wood (MW) would have tremendous potential in optoelectronics, energy storage, and biomedical devices. We characterize samples with FTIR, UV-vis, XRD, EDX, and SEM and further testing for energy storage capabilities.
Academic department under which the project should be listed
CSM - Chemistry and Biochemistry
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Bharat Baruah
Fabrication of Biodegradable Modified Wood for Future Application
Current research demonstrates the delignification of natural wood (NW) by chemical treatment. In our research, the delignified wood (DW) is impregnated with bio-compatible and bio-degradable polymer to create transparent wood (TW). By incorporating such natural polymers, we have also given way to flexibility in the TW. Additionally, the resultant TW was further modified to have electrical conductivity by incorporating silver nanowires (AgNWs). Such modified wood (MW) would have tremendous potential in optoelectronics, energy storage, and biomedical devices. We characterize samples with FTIR, UV-vis, XRD, EDX, and SEM and further testing for energy storage capabilities.