Microbe-Enhanced Wood

Stronger than steel

A biomechanochemical process mimicking ancient buried wood formation rapidly turns natural wood into a superstrong structural material with negative carbon emissions.

Ziyang, Lu · Qi, Luhe · Junqing, Chen · Lu, Cai · Huang, Jing · Chen, Lu · Yuying, Wu · Jiahao, Feng · Lin, Jinyou · Liu, Ze · Lizundia, Erlantz · Chen, Chaoji

Science Advances 2025

Specifications

Mechanical strength

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Advantages

Negative carbon emissions of 1.17 kg CO2 equivalent per kg