Wood Polymer Composites: Properties, Processing and Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Circular and Green Sustainable Polymer Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 2076
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wood-based aerogel; biomass functional nanomaterials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wood polymer composites (WPC) have grown rapidly because of their low cost, durability, and sustainability. WPCs are a type of composite material that combines raw wood material with various polymers to prepare a high-performance composite product with improved mechanical properties. They are commonly used in outdoor decking, fencing, furniture, and building materials. In addition, novel WPCs, including wood aerogels and hydrogels, wood-based sensros, and wood radiative cooling materials, have received increasing attention due to their broad prospects in the field of new materials and energy. Novel WPCs are generally made from cellulose combined with various functional polymers via “bottom-up” or “top-down” methods.
This Special Issue on “Wood Polymer Composites: Properties, Processing and Applications” will curate recent advances in the design, synthesis, characterization, and utilization of wood polymer composites, highlighting some of the challenges in the development and implementation of these materials. Topics will include but are not limited to:
- Traditional wood polymer composites, including plywood, particleboard, fibreboard, and wood plastic composites;
- Novel wood polymer composites, such as wood aerogels and hydrogels;
- Polymer composites prepared from the main compoents of wood, including cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin;
- Wood adhesives and various polymers used for preparing wood polymer composites.
Dr. Liuting Mo
Dr. Huiwen Pang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wood polymer composites
- plywood
- resins
- aerogel
- environmentally friendly wood adhesives
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