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ArticleNature communications2023

Wood-based superblack.

Bin Zhao, Xuetong Shi, Sergei Khakalo, Yang Meng, Arttu Miettinen, Tuomas Turpeinen, Shuyi Mi, Zhipei Sun, Alexey Khakalo, Orlando J Rojas and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Ultra-Low Intensity Continuous Wave Laser Ablation Propulsion With Graphene-Engineered Wood.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Bin ZhaoDepartment of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, FI-02150, Finland.
Xuetong ShiBioproduct Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Sergei KhakaloDepartment of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, FI-02150, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4193-768X
Yang MengFaculty of Chemical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, PR China.
Arttu MiettinenDepartment of Physics, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyväskylä, FI-40014, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3132-0544
Tuomas TurpeinenFiber Web Processes, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Jyväskylä, FI-40400, Finland.
Shuyi MiDepartment of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Aalto University, Espoo, FI-02150, Finland.
Zhipei SunDepartment of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Aalto University, Espoo, FI-02150, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9771-5293
Alexey KhakaloCellulose Coatings and Films, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Espoo, FI-02044, Finland.
Orlando J RojasDepartment of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, FI-02150, Finland. orlando.rojas@ubc.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-4020
Bruno D MattosDepartment of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, FI-02150, Finland. bruno.mattos@aalto.fi.
Aalto University · FIVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland · FIUniversity of British Columbia · CAKunming University of Science and Technology · CNUniversity of Jyväskylä · FI

Funding

Academy of Finland (Suomen Akatemia) 318890Academy of Finland (Suomen Akatemia) 318891Canada Excellence Research Chairs, Government of Canada (Canada Excellence Research Chairs Program) CERC-2018-00006Canada Foundation for Innovation (Fondation canadienne pour l'innovation) 38623EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) 788489
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Light is a powerful and sustainable resource, but it can be detrimental to the performance and longevity of optical devices. Materials with near-zero light reflectance, i.e. superblack materials, are sought to improve the performance of several light-centered technologies. Here we report a simple top-down strategy, guided by computational methods, to develop robust superblack materials following metal-free wood delignification and carbonization (1500 °C). Subwavelength severed cells evolve under shrinkage stresses, yielding vertically aligned carbon microfiber arrays with a thickness of ~100 µm and light reflectance as low as 0.36% and independent of the incidence angle. The formation of such structures is rationalized based on delignification method, lignin content, carbonization temperature and wood density. Moreover, our measurements indicate a laser beam reflectivity lower than commercial light stoppers in current use. Overall, the wood-based superblack material is introduced as a mechanically robust surrogate for microfabricated carbon nanotube arrays.

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PMID38052773
PMCPMC10697973
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