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Abstract
Transparent wood (TW) is a sustainable composite material with high optical transmittance and excellent mechanical properties. Nanoparticles, dyes and quantum dots can be added in a controlled manner for new functionalities relying on the light scattering properties of the composite. The scattering properties of 3D TW models of cellular microstructure are investigated numerically using geometrical optics. A group of 3D TW material models with controlled microstructural parameters are generated based on an analytical method. A ray tracing approach is adopted to model scattering in these complex materials. Effects from different material parameters on ray scattering are analyzed. A virtual camera or virtual eye to render images positioned behind a TW plate is simulated using backward ray tracing. The blurred impression in human eyes of real objects viewed through a TW “window” can then be mimicked.
期刊介绍:
Optical Materials has an open access mirror journal Optical Materials: X, sharing the same aims and scope, editorial team, submission system and rigorous peer review.
The purpose of Optical Materials is to provide a means of communication and technology transfer between researchers who are interested in materials for potential device applications. The journal publishes original papers and review articles on the design, synthesis, characterisation and applications of optical materials.
OPTICAL MATERIALS focuses on:
• Optical Properties of Material Systems;
• The Materials Aspects of Optical Phenomena;
• The Materials Aspects of Devices and Applications.
Authors can submit separate research elements describing their data to Data in Brief and methods to Methods X.