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Refractive index of delignified wood for transparent biocomposites
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Centres, Wallenberg Wood Science Center.
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Fibre- and Polymer Technology, Biocomposites. KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Centres, Wallenberg Wood Science Center.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6017-1774
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Applied Physics, Photonics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3368-9786
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Applied Physics, Photonics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3627-8085
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2020 (English)In: RSC Advances, E-ISSN 2046-2069, Vol. 10, p. 40719-40724Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Refractive index (RI) determination for delignified wood templates is vital for transparent wood composite fabrication. Reported RIs in the literature are based on either single plant fibers or wood powder, measured by the immersion liquid method (ILM) combined with mathematical fitting. However, wood structure complexity and the physical background of the fitting were not considered. In this work, RIs of delignified wood templates were measured by the ILM combined with a light transmission model developed from the Fresnel reflection/refraction theory for composite materials. The RIs of delignified balsa wood are 1.536 ± 0.006 and 1.525 ± 0.008 at the wavelength of 589 nm for light propagating perpendicular and parallel to the wood fiber direction, respectively. For delignified birch wood, corresponding values are 1.537 ± 0.005 and 1.529 ± 0.006, respectively. The RI data for delignified wood scaffolds are important for tailoring optical properties of transparent wood biocomposites, and also vital in optical properties investigations by theoretical modelling of complex light propagation in transparent wood and related composites. The developed light transmission model in combination with the immersion liquid method can be used to determine the RI of complex porous or layered solid materials and composites.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2020. Vol. 10, p. 40719-40724
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Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics Composite Science and Engineering Bio Materials
Research subject
Physics, Optics and Photonics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-288939DOI: 10.1039/D0RA07409HISI: 000588975500014PubMedID: 35519221Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85096226311OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-288939DiVA, id: diva2:1519095
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QC 20210118

Available from: 2021-01-18 Created: 2021-01-18 Last updated: 2022-09-23Bibliographically approved
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1. Light Scattering Effects in Transparent Wood Biocomposites
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Light Scattering Effects in Transparent Wood Biocomposites
2022 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Transparent wood (TW) shows interesting optical properties and offers a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based polymer glasses. The influence of the TW internal structure (e.g. fiber alignment, volume fraction of cellulose, lignin content, defects from preparation process) on the optical properties is poorly understood, which limits its use in various applications. It is also true for transparent cellulose biocomposites in general. In this thesis, eco-friendly TW biocomposites are investigated. The work focuses on experimental characterization, structure-optical property relationships and possibilities to quantify such relationships.  

                TWs made of delignified wood substrates with longitudinal direction of the tree parallel to the specimen surface are prepared. Relationships between anisotropic scattering and fiber alignment are studied by scattering angle measurement. Anisotropic photons distributions are compared between two fiber directions and various sample thicknesses. Next, attenuation coefficients (related to the anisotropic diffusion coefficients and absorption coefficient) for TWs are obtained by combining the photon diffusion equation with total transmittance measurements. The results indicate strong influence from the air gaps between wood substrate phase and polymer in the lumen pores on the scattering. Beside the airgaps between wood substrate and polymer, refractive index mismatch between polymer and wood substrate strongly influences the scattering. Thus, immersion liquid method (based on the total transmittance measurement) combined with a light transmission model (based on Fresnel reflection theory) is applied to estimate the refractive index of the delignified wood substrate. This facilitates TW design (i.e. the proper polymer selection for various applications) and modelling of the optical properties of delignified wood based transparent materials. Finally, extinction coefficients, Rayleigh scattering and absorption coefficients of TW are extracted from photon budget measurements combined with a light diffusion model developed. With higher volume fraction of cellulose, all these parameters are increased, although polymer-cellulose refractive index mismatch is the dominating factor controlling transmittance. The strong forward scattering in TW is analysed, and Rayleigh scattering has a strong effect on haze. The influence of lignin content on the absorption coefficient is also discussed.

Abstract [sv]

Transparent trä (TW) har intressanta optiska egenskaper och erbjuder ett hållbart alternativ till petroleumbaserade polymerer. Förståelsen för inverkan av mikrostruktur hos TW (t.ex. fiberinriktning, volymandel av cellulosa, ligninhalt, defekter från beredningsprocessen) på de optiska egenskaperna är ofullständig, vilket begränsar dess användning i olika tillämpningar. Det gäller också generellt för transparenta cellulosabiokompositer. I denna avhandling studeras miljövänliga TW biokompositer, med fokus på experimentell karakterisering, samband mellan struktur och optiska egenskaper samt möjligheterna att kvantifiera sådana samband.

                TW baserade på delignifierade träsubstrat har i denna studie trädets fiberriktning parallell med provytan. Samband mellan anisotrop ljusspridning och fiberorientering studeras genom mätning av spridningsvinkel. Anisotropa fotonfördelningar jämförs mellan två fiberriktningar och olika provtjocklekar. Därefter erhålls koefficienter för ”attenuering” (försvagning), som är relaterade till de anisotropa diffusionskoefficienterna och absorptionskoefficienten för TW. De bestäms genom att kombinera en modell för fotondiffusion med mätningar av total optisk transmittans. Resultaten indikerar en stark påverkan på ljusspridningen av luftspalter mellan träsubstrat och polymer i lumen, som är en form av debondsprickor. Utöver debondsprickor mellan träsubstrat och polymer, så påverkas ljusspridningen även av skillnaden i brytningsindex mellan polymer och träsubstrat. Av det skälet utvecklas en metod för att mäta brytningsindex hos träsubstratet. Det porösa substratet sänks ned i en vätska med känt brytningsindex och optisk transmittans mäts och kombineras med en modell för ljustransmission baserad på fresnelreflektion. Goda data för träsubstratets brytningsindex underlättar vid formgivning av TW biokompositer (dvs. rätt polymerval för olika applikationer) och är också viktigt för modellering av de optiska egenskaperna hos transparenta material från delignifierat trä. I avhandlingens sista del kombineras en modell för ljusdiffusion med systematiska mätningar av ljusspridning, reflektion och transmittans hos olika materialprover. Data för ”extinktionskoefficienter”, Rayleigh-spridning och absorptionskoefficienter kan bestämmas, liksom hela fotonbudgeten för materialet. Med högre volymfraktion av cellulosa ökar värdena för alla dessa parametrar, även om skillnaden i brytningsindex mellan polymer och cellulosa är den dominerande faktorn som styr transmittansen. Den starka ljusspridningen framåt (”haze”) i TW analyseras, och även Rayleighspridningen har en stor effekt på ljusspridning. Ligninhaltens inverkan på absorptionskoefficienten diskuteras också.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2022. p. 45
Series
TRITA-CBH-FOU ; 2022:5
Keywords
Transparent wood, cellulose, biocomposite, light transmission, anisotropic scattering, Rayleigh scattering, photon budget, photon diffusion theory, light-transparent wood interaction, Transparent trä, cellulosa, biokomposit, ljustransmission, anisotropisk spridning, Rayleigh-spridning, fotonbudget, fotondiffusionsteori, ljus-transparent trä interaktion
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Physical Sciences Bio Materials Composite Science and Engineering
Research subject
Fibre and Polymer Science
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urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-307403 (URN)978-91-8040-113-5 (ISBN)
Public defence
2022-02-25, F3, Lindstedtsvägen 26, Stockholm, 10:00 (English)
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EU, European Research Council, 742733Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
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