US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK on April 29 for "Strong and tough structural wood materials, and methods for fabricating and use thereof" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,882, issued on April 29, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (College Park, Md.).

"Strong and tough structural wood materials, and methods for fabricating and use thereof" was invented by Liangbing Hu (Potomac, Md.), Mingwei Zhu (Nanjing, China) and Jianwei Song (College Park, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A super strong and tough densified wood structure is formed by subjecting a cellulose-based natural wood material to a chemical treatment that partially removes lignin therefrom. The treated wood retains lumina of the natural wood, with cellulose nanofibers of cell walls being aligned. The treated wood is then ...