Wood and the Activity of Dead Tissue.
review · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1002/adma.202001412 and PMC identifier 11468358.
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Abstract
Wood is a prototypical biological material, which adapts to mechanical requirements. The microarchitecture of cellulose fibrils determines the mechanical properties of woody materials, as well as their actuation properties, based on absorption and desorption of water. Herein it is argued that cellulose fiber orientation corresponds to an analog code that determines the response of wood to humidity as an active material. Examples for the harvesting of wood activity, as well as bioinspiration, are given.
Medical subject headings
- Wood
- Cellulose