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Responses of wood formation to bending: a matter of dose and sensitivity adjustments
Key messageRepeated bending stimulations applied on poplar stem drives wood formation toward egg-shaped cross sections, thicker fiber cell walls and...
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Overview of applications of near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy in wood science: recent advances and future prospects
The present article gives an outline of various recent advances in the area of applications of near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in develo** the...
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Preservation of Engineered Wood Composites (Solid Wood Plywood, Blockboards/Flush Doors) Made from Plantation Timbers
In the present scenario of diminishing harvests of trees from forests for environmental protection and maintenance of ecological balance, wood of...
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The impact of vacuum pressure on the effectiveness of SiO2 impregnation of spruce wood
Wood is a widely used construction material that has many advantageous properties. However, it suffers from weaknesses such as low-dimensional...
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One-pot Eucalyptus globulus wood fractionation in acid-catalyzed mixtures of water and 1-pentanol: an optimization study
Samples of Eucalyptus globulus wood were processed in a reaction media made up of 1-pentanol, water, and diluted acid catalyst. The effects of...
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Wood Plastic Composites (WPCs): Applications of Nanomaterials
In recent years, the demand for plastic and polymeric materials has been increasing, and it is an inevitable fact that it is an important sector to...
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Wood modification with phenol urea formaldehyde (PUF) resin: the influence of wood species selection on the dimensional stability
Wood modification is an excellent way to improve material properties, prolong service life, and pave the way for new applications for timber in the...
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Interactions of a waterborne coating with plasma pre-treated densified beech wood
Densification is a modification technique usually applied to low-density wood species to improve the mechanical properties of the wood. However,...
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Functional improvement of fast-growing wood based on nano-ZnO/PDMS double-layer structure
Fast-growing wood has disadvantages, such as loose surface structure, poor weather resistance, high moisture absorption, and poor dimensional...
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Porous silicon modified wood as a high-efficiency solar steam generator
In recent years, solar water evaporation system by utilizing wood-based photothermal material has drawn a lot of attention and displayed promising...
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Plant cell wall reconstruction towards enhancing moisture stability and toughness by assembling delignified wood with alkali lignin
Develo** a moisture-stable structural material with high toughness is essential for improving the stability of packaging and building materials....
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Functional materials based on wood, carbon nanotubes, and graphene: manufacturing, applications, and green perspectives
Driven by the quest for greener and more sustainable materials, the presented review analyzes recent studies in which wood and wood-based materials...
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Effects of bismuth-embedded wood particles on mechanical, physical, and gamma-shielding properties of wood/poly(vinyl chloride) composites
This work determined gamma-shielding, impact strength, water absorption, morphological, and physical properties of wood/poly(vinyl chloride) (WPVC)...
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Combined treatment of wood with thermosetting resins and phosphorous flame retardants
Wood modification with thermosetting resins results in improved dimensional stability and durability. However, the treatment does not enhance fire...
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BACNN: Multi-scale feature fusion-based bilinear attention convolutional neural network for wood NIR classification
Effective development and utilization of wood resources is critical. Wood modification research has become an integral dimension of wood science...
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Interlaminar shear properties of glulam made of heat-treated laminates
Heat-treated wood is environmentally friendly relative to other modified woods, and if processed into glulam, it is expected to optimize not only its...
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Determination of nuclear magnetic resonance surface relaxivity for the macropore system from wood cell lumen
To determine the surface relaxivity of pores plays a vital role in the application of time-domain nuclear magnetic resonance (TD-NMR) technology to...
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Moisture induced stresses in cross laminated timber (CLT) made from hydrothermally modified wood
In the current research work, moisture gradients and moisture induced stresses (MiS) were investigated in cross laminated timber (CLT) bearing...
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Numerical simulation of transverse compression and densification of wood
Densification is commonly adopted to increase the mechanical performance of wood, but research on the micromechanical behaviour of the material...
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Termites infestation on different Eucalyptus wood species and control using natural oil from plants
Termites are a major cause of damage to wood, and the use of synthetic insecticides for their control constitutes a significant challenge to...