Wood and the Activity of Dead Tissue.

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. © 2020 The Authors. Published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.

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Michaela Eder, Wolfgang Schäffner, Ingo Burgert, Peter Fratzl. Wood and the Activity of Dead Tissue. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). 2021 Jul;33(28):e2001412

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