An improved plastination method for strengthening bamboo culms, without compromising biodegradability.

ABSTRACT: Biomaterials are increasingly being designed and adapted to a wide range of structural applications, owing to their superior mechanical property-to-weight ratios, low cost, biodegradability, and CO₂ capture. Bamboo, specifically, has an interesting anatomy with long tube-like vessels present in its microstructure, which can be exploited to improve its mechanical properties for structural applications. By filling these vessels with a resin, e.g. an applied external loading would be better distributed in the structure. One recent method of impregnating the bamboo is plastination, which was originally developed for preserving human remains. However, the original plastination process was found to be slow for bamboo impregnation application, while being also rather complicated/method

SUBMITTER: Osmond R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10079692 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature