New Challenges in Wood and Wood-Based Materials, 4th Edition
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 58
Special Issue Editors
Interests: physics; materials; thermal properties; wood sciences; wood physics
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Interests: wood-based composites; wood adhesives
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Interests: wood science and technology; wood–polymer composites; lignocellulosic based composites; wood modification; wood bonding
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Interests: wood characterization; extractives; natural resource management; wood modification
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wood is a natural material, available in large quantities and easy to produce, making it the perfect material to consider for the circular economy. Its importance has dramatically increased in recent years. This increase is accompanied by the development of new research methods which open up new possibilities in areas related to wood and wood products in terms of their production, processing and final use. The main topics of this Special Issue include the following: knowledge of the quality of wood and other lignocellulose materials in relation to their effective utilization and more efficient processing; the adoption of techniques and research on the use of wood for the production of environmentally friendly composite and the positive impact that this has on the environment; the interaction of wood with solid substances and with different mechanical loads, chemical and other substances and different forms of energy; the surface modification of wood and wood composites.
Dr. Ľuboš Krišťák
Prof. Dr. Roman Réh
Prof. Dr. Pavlo Bekhta
Dr. Luigi Todaro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wood and wood based materials
- wood composite materials
- adhesives for composites
- wood processing and mechanical modification
- surface modification of wood and wood composites
- chemical and thermal modification of wood and wood composites
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