Structure–property–function relationships of natural and engineered wood

C Chen, Y Kuang, S Zhu, I Burgert, T Keplinger… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The complex structure of wood, one of the most abundant biomaterials on Earth, has been
optimized over 270 million years of tree evolution. This optimization has led to the highly …

[HTML][HTML] Review of wood modification and wood functionalization technologies

SL Zelinka, M Altgen, L Emmerich, N Guigo… - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wood modifications are becoming popular as a way to enhance the performance of wood,
either to make it more durable, improve the performance of wood, or give it new functionality …

An overview of regenerable wood-based composites: preparation and applications for flame retardancy, enhanced mechanical properties, biomimicry, and …

M Lian, Y Huang, Y Liu, D Jiang, Z Wu, B Li… - … Composites and Hybrid …, 2022 - Springer
With the increasing awareness of environmental protection and demand for smart homes
and high-performance composites, how to reduce the cost and improve their mechanical …

Impregnation of phytic acid into the delignified wood to realize excellent flame retardant

K Wang, D Meng, S Wang, J Sun, H Li, X Gu… - Industrial Crops and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introducing bio-based acid sources into the cellulose lumens is an effective way to enhance
the flame retardant of wooden products. The wood was delignified at first and then phytic …

Engineered wood: sustainable technologies and applications

S He, X Zhao, EQ Wang, GS Chen… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Natural wood has been used for construction, fuel, and furniture for thousands of years
because of its versatility, renewability, and aesthetic appeal. However, new opportunities for …

Fire‐resistant structural material enabled by an anisotropic thermally conductive hexagonal boron nitride coating

W Gan, C Chen, Z Wang, Y Pei, W **… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fire retardant coatings have been proven effective at reducing the heat release rate (HRR)
of structural materials during burning; yet effective methods for increasing the ignition …

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 green and eco-friendly method to enhance Bamboo flame resistance via calcium alginate assisted in-situ mineralization of hydroxyapatite

L He, G Bao, X Yu, X Zhang, X **, Z Yu, Y He… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Develo** environmentally friendly methods for modifying bamboo is important. This study
proposed a method to enhance the flame retardancy of bamboo through calcium alginate …

Sustainable production of in-situ CO2 capture and mineralization of multifunctional nanowood with excellent anisotropic, flame retardant, and durability for building …

Y Gao, C Huang, Y Chen, X Chen, Y Shen… - Industrial Crops and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Timber is among the oldest building materials used by humans but natural wood had many
disadvantages such as flammability and poor thermal insulation. These properties may …

Valorization of digestates from urban or centralized biogas plants: a critical review

F Guilayn, M Rouez, M Crest, D Patureau… - … in Environmental Science …, 2020 - Springer
Direct landspreading of anaerobic digestates is the most common digestate management
strategy. Nevertheless, digestate post-treatment can be unavoidable, especially for …