Additives and Pre-treatments to Enhance the Performance of Coatings on Wood

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue on "Additives and Pre-Treatments to Enhance the Performance of Coatings on Wood". Coatings invariably contain additives (UV absorbers, hindered amine light stabilizers, inorganic particles, fungicides, etc.) to improve their outdoor performance. The outdoor performance of coatings on wood can also be improved by altering the properties of the wood substrate to reduce its susceptibility to degradation by water, micro-organisms and light. This Special Issue of Coatings focuses on both of these areas. Our aim is to present the most important developments in this fast-moving field, from the leading groups around the world.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Organic and inorganic photostabilizers for exterior wood coatings;
• Additives to reduce the colonization of coatings by micro-organisms;
• Exterior performance of coatings containing bio-based additives derived from cellulose, lignin or other natural polymers;
• Reinforcement or cross-linking of coating films to improve their weather resistance;
• Chemical modification of wood to improve the performance of exterior coatings;
• Plasma treatments to improve the performance of exterior wood coatings;
• Mechanical or biological pre-treatments to improve the performance of exterior wood coatings;
• Fungicidal pre-treatments and other methods of reducing the colonization of the wood-coating interface by micro-organisms.

Prof. Dr. Philip D. Evans
Guest Editor

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