Water in wood: A review of current understanding and knowledge gaps

EE Thybring, M Fredriksson, SL Zelinka, SV Glass - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wood-water interactions are central to the utilization of wood in our society since water
affects many important characteristics of wood. This topic has been investigated for more …

On the potential of lignin-containing cellulose nanofibrils (LCNFs): a review on properties and applications

I Solala, MC Iglesias, MS Peresin - Cellulose, 2020 - Springer
This review outlines the present state and recent progress in the area of lignin-containing
cellulose nanofibrils (LCNFs), an emerging family of green cellulose nanomaterials …

Wood modification as a tool to understand moisture in wood

EE Thybring, M Fredriksson - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Moisture plays a central role in the performance of wood products because it affects
important material properties such as the resistance to decomposition, the mechanical …

A systematic examination of the dynamics of water-cellulose interactions on capillary force-induced fiber collapse

KS Salem, V Naithani, H Jameel, L Lucia, L Pal - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Cellulosic fiber collapse is a phenomenon of fundamental importance for many technologies
that include tissue/hygiene to packaging because it governs their essential materials …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing plant cell wall modelling: Atomistic insights into cellulose, disordered cellulose, and hemicelluloses–A review

A Khodayari, U Hirn, S Spirk, Y Ogawa, D Seveno… - Carbohydrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
The complexity of plant cell walls on different hierarchical levels still impedes the detailed
understanding of biosynthetic pathways, interferes with processing in industry and finally …

Robust, 3D-printed hydratable plastics for effective solar desalination

JJ Koh, GJH Lim, S Chakraborty, Y Zhang, S Liu… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, hydratable plastics is being introduced as a new class of materials for effective
solar desalination for the first time. In the form of highly amorphous regenerated cellulose …

Elucidating the hornification mechanism of cellulosic fibers during the process of thermal drying

W Mo, K Chen, X Yang, F Kong, J Liu, B Li - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Drying-induced hornification is an inevitable phenomenon of cellulosic fibers, which is used
to describe internal aggregation structure changes of cellulosic fibers upon drying or water …

Water adsorption in wood microfibril-hemicellulose system: Role of the crystalline–amorphous interface

K Kulasinski, R Guyer, D Derome… - Biomacromolecules, 2015 - ACS Publications
A two-phase model of a wood microfibril consisting of crystalline cellulose and amorphous
hemicellulose is investigated with molecular dynamics in full range of sorption to understand …

Effects of moisture on diffusion in unmodified wood cell walls: A phenomenological polymer science approach

JE Jakes, CG Hunt, SL Zelinka, PN Ciesielski… - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Despite the importance of cell wall diffusion to nearly all aspects of wood utilization, diffusion
mechanisms and the detailed effects of moisture remain poorly understood. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Scalable high-performance wood-based composites prepared by hydro-mechanical treatment

Y Huang, Q Lin, F Fu, L Lin, W Yu - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Develo** an efficient, eco-friendly method for manufacturing structural biomaterials is
crucial in fostering environmental sustainability. In this study, we introduced a hydro …