Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Robust flexural performance and fracture behavior of TiO2 decorated densified bamboo as sustainable structural materials

  • Ziyu Ba,
  • Hongyun Luo,
  • Juan Guan,
  • Jun Luo,
  • Jiajia Gao,
  • Sujun Wu,
  • Robert O. Ritchie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36939-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Fast-growing bamboo still need advanced processing before being fabricated into sustainable structural materials. Here, the authors develop high-performance TiO2 reinforced densified bamboo via in situ hydrothermal synthesis and reveal the flexural failure mechanism of the composite.