Iron treated wood retains its natural behavior but gains in internal durability -- paving the way for greener alternatives in construction, furniture manufacturing and flooring.

Researchers wanted to determine if adding extremely hard minerals at the nanoscale could make the walls of wood cells stronger – without making the wood heavy, expensive or bad for the environment.

Scientists engineer steel-like wood with iron for stronger, greener construction The environmentally friendly material has the potential to substitute steel and concrete in buildings, bridges ...

Results of the study, published in the journal ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, revealed that a simple, cost-effective chemical method using a safe mineral called nanocrystalline iron ...

Methodology Researchers used American Red Oak (Quercus rubra) as their base material and developed a chemical process to incorporate ferrihydrite (a form of iron oxyhydroxide mineral) into the wood’s ...

Apr 28, 2025 Fortifying wood with nano-iron A simple, cost-effective chemical method using a safe mineral called nanocrystalline iron oxyhydroxide can strengthen the tiny cell walls within wood while ...

With more than 181.5 billion tons of wood produced globally each year, a new method could revolutionize how we build sustainably. By infusing red oak with ferrihydrite using a simple, low-cost ...

FAU engineers fortify wood with eco-friendly nano-iron Research breakthrough using nano-iron technology results in stronger wood for sustainable materials Peer-Reviewed Publication ...

A research team from two London universities have developed a multi-layer device that addresses the instability of organic materials in water to further their use in direct solar hydrogen ...

To achieve these results, the team employed a bulk heterojunction organic photoactive layer, integrating a self-adhesive graphite sheet functionalised with an earth-abundant nickel-iron oxyhydroxide ...

In a paper published in Batteries & Supercaps, researchers from the University’s Department of Chemistry combined Gii with iron oxyhydroxide (FeOOH) through a process called electrochemical deposition ...