12th Hardwood Conference—Sopron
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Wood Science and Forest Products".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 436
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Interests: wood modification; wood structure and properties; hygroscopic properties; nanotechnology; durability; biopolymers
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Interests: wood structure and properties; drying and modification of wood; abiotic degradation of wood; hardwoods
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Interests: thermal and chemical modification of wood; processes and properties; degradation patterns by abiotic and abiotic influences; reactions on cell wall level; application of modified wood
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Interests: wood utilization; solid wood proper-ties; wood bonding
Interests: wood properties (physical, mechanical, anatomical); wood modification; THM treatment; compression of softened wood along the grain; pleating; wood bending
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In general, wood utilization in Europe is strongly focused on softwoods. Due to specific developments such as the increasing importance of semi-natural forest management, which favors hardwoods, and climatic change, the share of broad-leafed trees (generally referred to as hardwoods) within the forest stock is increasing rapidly, constituting 25–50% of the total forest area. New and improved approaches to competitive hardwood utilization need to be found based on research results.
The University of Sopron, Wood K Plus Austria, the Georg August University of Göttingen, and FATE (Wood Science Association, Hungary) are pleased to announce the 12th Hardwood Conference (http://www.hardwood.uni-sopron.hu).
Papers published in this Hardwood Conference Special Issue will cover a wide range of topics related to wood science and technology, with special emphasis on hardwoods, including the following:
- Hardwood resources and assessment;
- Challenges and opportunities in hardwood forest management;
- Stemwood characteristics, their manipulation, and their interrelation to wood properties;
- Hardwood structure and properties;
- Plantation wood;
- Regulation of timber trade;
- New aspects of the hardwood processing chain;
- Drying, modification, and functionalization;
- Machining and manufacturing;
- Durability, biodegradation, and preservation;
- Hardwood in composites and engineered materials;
- New approaches to hardwood products;
- Product design and marketing initiatives;
- The role of hardwoods in the circular economy.
Dr. Miklós Bak
Prof. Dr. Róbert Németh
Prof. Dr. Holger Militz
Dr. Christian Hansmann
Dr. Mátyás Báder
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hardwood
- hardwood processing
- hardwood utilization
- wood properties
- wood modification
- building with wood
- wood-based composites
- forest management
- hardwood plantation
- hardwood products
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