Wood Production Stabilisation and Functionalization

Dear Colleagues,

There has not been a better time than today to replace non-renewable materials with solid wood and wood-based products. The sustainability credentials of wood make it the material of choice for building the renewable economy of the future, and thus, it is up to scientists, innovators, and entrepreneurs to make this vision come true. A main problem that wood must overcome is that it is not as stable and durable as some of the non-sustainable alternatives that wood could potentially replace. Therefore, there is a challenge in terms of making wood more dimensionally stable, resistant to moisture and fire, and durable against weather and mould, while at the same time enhancing its natural beauty as exposed material and potentially functionalising its fibres to add new properties that did not exist before. The vision is to create new applications for wood by adding functionalities, as well as to expand current applications by increasing performance. This Special Issue of Forests invites researchers to share ideas and methods on how to stabilise and functionalise wood products and wood-based products for traditional and beyond traditional applications.

Dr. Diego Elustondo
Prof. Dr. Leonardo da Silva Oliveira
Guest Editors

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