Surface Treatment of Wood
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2021) | Viewed by 21931
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Langmuir–Blodgett and mesoporous sol–gel coatings having antireflective, photoactive (antibacterial, photocatalytical, photovoltaic), anticorrosion, self-healing, and water-repellent properties; nanonoparticles; biopolymer films; wettability and surface modification
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wood has always been an important material for humankind. Research in the field of wood chemistry also has a long history; however, due to the natural origin, degradability of wood, and the enormous number of possible combinations with modern technologies and application areas, it has not lost any of its significance in modern times. Surface modifications with new polymers and other compounds, nanomaterials, and treatments with unusually high or low temperature under specific conditions, engineering surprising composite materials are just a few examples that keep the researchers busy in this exciting field.
The goal of this Special Issue is to provide a selection from the state of the art regarding knowledge on the synthesis, characterization, and use of wood surfaces in connection with practical/technological applications. Contributions from scientists representing a broad range of disciplines are encouraged, including (but not limited to) chemists, chemical engineers, materials scientists, engineers, and biochemists to represent the interdisciplinary nature of the field.
The scope of this Special Issue will serve as a forum for papers on the following concepts:
- Wetting studies on modified wood surfaces;
- Water-repellent wood surfaces due to green processes;
- Robust water/oil repellent surfaces on wood;
- Stability-enhancing treatments;
- Surfactants on wood surface;
- Decorative coatings on wood;
- Composites tailored for different applications;
- Fire-retardant surface modification of wood;
- Waterborne coatings on wood;
- Dependence of wood wetting on different parameters, such as surface tension of test liquid, temperature, viscosity, etc.;
- Antifungal/ insecticidal surface treatments;
- Antibacterial surfaces of extreme wetting properties on wood;
- Engineered wettability for special applications of wood;
- Surface roughness problem on wood;
- Water-repellent coatings for building protection;
- Surface treatments and sustainability;
- Going green in surface modification of wood.
Prof. Dr. Zoltán D. Hórvölgyi
Dr. Ildikó Ziegler
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wood
- surface
- wetting
- adhesion
- composite
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