Properties and Uses of Value-Added Wood-Based Products and 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: 15 December 2025 | Viewed by 568
Special Issue Editors
Interests: development and innovation; physico-mechanical characterization; sustainability; wood-based products
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Interests: physico-mechanical characterization; standards and normative; structural timber; wood-based products
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Dear Colleagues,
Adding value to wood-based products and composites is beneficial on several levels, as they generally offer improved performance, higher profitability, and lower environmental impact compared to alternative non-wood products. Indeed, technological and scientific advances in recent decades have enabled the manufacturing of new and high-performing wood-based products and composites. They are appreciated for the most different properties: lightness, mechanical performance, thermal or acoustic insulation, improved durability, decorative aspects, etc. Such technological advances have opened their use to new fields of application, and the ever-increasing need for sustainable materials and products has further supported their expansion.
The aim of this Special Issue is to collect cutting-edge research focused on value-added wood-based products and composites. To this purpose, we encourage the submission of contributions focused on the ways to add value to them, on their properties and characterization, and on their applications. As an indication, examples of sought-after articles include those dealing with the valorization of low-grade raw wood material, the innovation of manufacturing processes, the addition of specific properties, and the development of new wood-based products and composites.
Prof. Dr. Francesco Negro
Prof. Dr. Roberto Zanuttini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
development and innovation
solid wood and structural timber
value added
valorization
wood processing
wood composites
wood-based products
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