Eco-Friendly Wood-Based Composites—Challenges and Prospects
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 37
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wood sciences and technology; wood-based materials; lignocellulosic composites; adhesives; adhesives modification; bio-based adhesives; formaldehyde emission
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Interests: glulam beams; adhesives; wood-based materials; mechanical properties; timber properties; wood defects
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Modern materials engineering challenges researchers and industry to develop sustainable, high-performance materials that are environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional raw materials. Wood and wood-based materials, especially in the form of composites and wood–polymer hybrid structures, play a major role in modern material solutions. This Special Issue focuses on eco-friendly wood-based materials, composites, and wood–polymer hybrids, with particular attention paid to their application in various industries, such as construction, the furniture industry, and other industries where these materials can replace traditional raw materials. Special attention will be paid to the use of alternative wood and non-wood raw materials in the production of wood-based panels, as well as modern methods of reinforcing these materials, with emphases on the use of synthetic materials, biopolymers, and eco-friendly binding agents. We are interested in innovative methods of modifying wood and composites, including technologies for manufacturing, structural optimization, and improving the mechanical, thermal, and resistance properties of materials. In addition, we encourage research on synthetic and bio-based binding agents that can be used in the production of wood-based materials, especially in the context of increasing their durability and resistance to weathering and mechanical damage. As part of this issue, we will also consider modern methods of finishing the surface of wood-based materials, which will provide additional protection for composites against mechanical damage, moisture, UV radiation, and other external factors, while maintaining the ecological character of these materials.
Dr. Dorota Dukarska
Dr. Jakub Kawalerczyk
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- eco-innovations
- wood-based materials
- wood–polymer composites
- bio-based hybrid polymer composites
- alternative raw materials in the production of wood-based materials
- eco-friendly bonding agents
- modification of adhesive resins
- wood modification
- modification of composites
- green composites
- eco-friendly polymers in wood-based materials production
- bio-based coatings for wood and wood-based materials
- bio-based polymers for wood preservation
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