A piece of natural wood can be immersed in a first solution at a first temperature less than 100? C. and then immersed in a second solution at a second temperature greater than 100? C. so as to form a piece of partially-delignified wood. In some embodiments, the first and second solutions can be the same solution, and the immersion at the second temperature can be heating the solution from the first temperature to the second temperature. The immersion in the first and second solutions can be effective to remove 45-90% of lignin from the piece of natural wood and to destroy a structure of the ray cells in the piece of natural wood while retaining cell walls of the other cells. The partially-delignified wood can then be dried. After drying, the partially-delignified wood can be clastic along its tangential direction but inelastic along its radial and longitudinal directions.

Disclosed are a bamboo outer skin-retaining bamboo veneer and a preparation process thereof, belonging to the technical field of bamboo processing. The preparation process includes the following steps: segmenting bamboo and cutting into bamboo strips with an arc-shaped section; softening the bamboo strips by pressurizing and heating, and unfolding the softened bamboo strips at equal arc and fixed thickness; performing double-sided protection and gradual flattening under a condition of heat preservation until the bamboo strip is completely flattened, to obtain a bamboo board; and continuously cooling the bamboo board, shaping the bamboo board under a heavy weight and then drying, and then trimming under a fixed width to obtain the bamboo outer skin-retaining bamboo board finished product. The bamboo outer skin-retaining bamboo strip can be unfolded under the promise of not destroying the bamboo outer skin surface, and there will be no cracking and rebound problems.

Disclosed are a bamboo outer skin-retaining bamboo veneer and a preparation process thereof, belonging to the technical field of bamboo processing. The preparation process includes the following steps: segmenting bamboo and cutting into bamboo strips with an arc-shaped section; softening the bamboo strips by pressurizing and heating, and unfolding the softened bamboo strips at equal arc and fixed thickness; performing double-sided protection and gradual flattening under a condition of heat preservation until the bamboo strip is completely flattened, to obtain a bamboo board; and continuously cooling the bamboo board, shaping the bamboo board under a heavy weight and then drying, and then trimming under a fixed width to obtain the bamboo outer skin-retaining bamboo board finished product. The bamboo outer skin-retaining bamboo strip can be unfolded under the promise of not destroying the bamboo outer skin surface, and there will be no cracking and rebound problems.

A rotary separation devise deploys a drum with mesh like opening on the cylindrical surfaces and a removable cover or cap for filling in an upright position and removal of product or spent matter in an inverted position. When the drum is loaded with material, and the cover closed, it is rotatable to a horizontal position, and disposed in an outer container. The drum is rotated in the horizontal position to initiate the separation process. The outer container may be formed by the mating engagement at a common rim of an upper and lower vessel that form the sealed container.

Methods for producing structural materials from lumber are provided. The methods use an oxygen pre-treatment or a carbonate pre-treatment followed by densification via thermal compression to produce structural materials with strong mechanical properties. The pre-treatments are able to partially delignify the lumber without substantially adversely affecting the mechanical properties of the subsequently densified wood.

A conductive flexible transparent wood film-based electronic device and its preparation method are provided. The preparation method is to remove most lignin and part hemicellulose from natural wood chips to prepare a transparent wood film, and a CNT/TOCNFs ink is printed on a surface of the transparent wood film to form a circuit. The as-prepared transparent wood film has high mechanical properties, flexibility, and excellent optical strength. The conductive flexible transparent wood film is fabricated by depositing the CNT/TOCNFs ink on the surface of the transparent wood film to form conductive circuits, which is combined with origami and kirigami to realize the editable and adjustable design of spatial structure. Thus, the shape of the flexible electronic devices changes from simple to complex, simultaneously, they are customized to meet specific needs or applications.

A conductive flexible transparent wood film-based electronic device and its preparation method are provided. The preparation method is to remove most lignin and part hemicellulose from natural wood chips to prepare a transparent wood film, and a CNT/TOCNFs ink is printed on a surface of the transparent wood film to form a circuit. The as-prepared transparent wood film has high mechanical properties, flexibility, and excellent optical strength. The conductive flexible transparent wood film is fabricated by depositing the CNT/TOCNFs ink on the surface of the transparent wood film to form conductive circuits, which is combined with origami and kirigami to realize the editable and adjustable design of spatial structure. Thus, the shape of the flexible electronic devices changes from simple to complex, simultaneously, they are customized to meet specific needs or applications.

A flexible structure is formed by subjecting cellulose-based natural wood material to a chemical treatment that partially removes hemicellulose and lignin therefrom. The treated wood has a unique 3-D porous structure with numerous channels, excellent biodegradability and biocompatibility, and improved flexibility as compared to the natural wood. By further modifying the treated wood, the structure can be adapted to particular applications. For example, nanoparticles, nanowires, carbon nanotubes, or any other coating or material can be added to the treated wood to form a hybrid structure. In some embodiments, open lumina within the structure can be at least partially filled with a non-wood substance, such as a flexible polymer, or with entangled cellulose nanofibers. The unique architecture and superior properties of the flexible wood allow for its use in various applications, such as, but not limited to, structural materials, solar thermal devices, flexible electronics, tissue engineering, thermal management, and energy storage.

A flexible structure is formed by subjecting cellulose-based natural wood material to a chemical treatment that partially removes hemicellulose and lignin therefrom. The treated wood has a unique 3-D porous structure with numerous channels, excellent biodegradability and biocompatibility, and improved flexibility as compared to the natural wood. By further modifying the treated wood, the structure can be adapted to particular applications. For example, nanoparticles, nanowires, carbon nanotubes, or any other coating or material can be added to the treated wood to form a hybrid structure. In some embodiments, open lumina within the structure can be at least partially filled with a non-wood substance, such as a flexible polymer, or with entangled cellulose nanofibers. The unique architecture and superior properties of the flexible wood allow for its use in various applications, such as, but not limited to, structural materials, solar thermal devices, flexible electronics, tissue engineering, thermal management, and energy storage.

A Method of producing a wooden product by means of a molding hot-pressing from a wooden blank which has one or several sections (A, B, C, D). Wherein as a material is selected an optional form of sawn timber or another timber, which is preferably selected from the group consisting of fresh sawn timber, dried timber, saw-surfaced lumber, planed timber, heat-treated timber, sodium silicate water-glass impregnated or salt impregnated or otherwise impregnated timber; wherein molding hot-pressing is performed essentially in a single-stage production process, which includes drying and molding hot-pressing of the wooden blank and essentially concurrent treating of the wooden blank both by binders of the wood itself and by treating chemicals and/or treating materials added in the production process which are selected from the group consisting of surface treatment agents, excipients, primers, impregnating agents, adhesives, adhesive films, adhesive gauzes; wherein the treatment chemicals are attached to the production process by using a hot-pressing pressing plate etc., pressing tool or pressing surface; and wherein the wood material, and binders thereof as well as the treating chemicals are allowed to adapt/move in relation to each other in the cooling phase of the production process until the locking phase, whereby the product is completed.