Recent Advances in Wood- and Bamboo-Based Composites
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Wood Science and Forest Products".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 124
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wood; bamboo; wood-plastic composites
Interests: glulam; bamboo and wood composites; biomass building materials
Interests: wood/bamboo structure and modification
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wood- and bamboo-based composites, using wood and bamboo as the basic raw materials with plastic, resin, and other composites, form new composites through a series of processing technologies. This material not only retains the natural advantages of wood and bamboo, such as that they are renewable, light, and have high strength, but also effectively overcomes the limitations of traditional wood and bamboo in production and application, such as dimensional stability and biological damage. Wood- and bamboo-based composites have been widely used in building furniture, wind power generation, transportation, and other fields. Its main content includes the study of wood and bamboo chemical components, anatomical characteristics, the functionalization of wood and bamboo, wood and bamboo structural building materials, and functional composites, especially with the development of nanocomposites and intelligent composites. The research scope of wood- and bamboo-based composites is also gradually expanding. At present, chemical components and cell wall microstructures of wood/bamboo, high-value utilization of wood/bamboo, and functional and intelligent wood/bamboo-based composites are worthy of further study.
The aim of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following: wood/bamboo anatomy, wood/bamboo functionalization modification, utilization of waste wood/bamboo, wood- and bamboo-based composites and functional and intelligent wood- and bamboo-based composites, etc. We encourage you to submit original research articles, review articles, design and application case analyses, etc.
Dr. Yu Xian
Dr. Haidong Li
Dr. Penglian Wei
Prof. Dr. Haitao Cheng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wood/bamboo anatomy
- wood/bamboo functionalization modification
- wood- and bamboo-based composites
- wood and bamboo structural building materials
- adhesives
- low-carbon material
- utilization of waste wood/bamboo
- intelligent wood- and bamboo-based composites
- biomimetic materials
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