Thermal treatment of wood using vegetable oils: A review

SH Lee, Z Ashaari, WC Lum, JA Halip, AF Ang… - … and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Wood is an ideal building material as it is renewable and green. However, low dimensional
stability and durability might restrict its usage in structural application. Therefore …

[PDF][PDF] Conventional technology and nanotechnology in wood preservation: A review

TJ Teng, MNM Arip, K Sudesh, A Nemoikina… - …, 2018 - academia.edu
Wood products are usually treated with wood preservatives to protect them from
deterioration. Pressure or non-pressure preservative treatments can be utilized to …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatoprotective and antidiabetic effects of Pistacia lentiscus leaf and fruit extracts

C Mehenni, D Atmani-Kilani, S Dumarçay… - Journal of food and drug …, 2016 - Elsevier
Pistacia lentiscus (Anacardiaceae) is commonly used in folk medicine to treat various
diseases. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the hepatoprotective and antioxidant …

Dimensional stabilization of wood

D Kocaefe, X Huang, Y Kocaefe - Current Forestry Reports, 2015 - Springer
This paper comprehensively reviews the relevant literature and presents the methods and
processes used to investigate the dimensional stabilization of wood using various …

Technical and economic assessment for the production of torrefied ligno-cellulosic biomass pellets in the US

A Pirraglia, R Gonzalez, D Saloni, J Denig - Energy Conversion and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Manufacturing and trade of wood pellets in the United States (US) has seen an exponential
growth in the last few years, triggered by its potential utilization in applications typically …

Solid state NMR and IR characterization of wood polymer structure in relation to tree provenance

I Santoni, E Callone, A Sandak, J Sandak, S Dirè - Carbohydrate polymers, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract 13 C nuclear magnetic resonance and mid-infrared spectroscopies were used for
characterizing changes in the chemical structure of wood polymers (cellulose, hemicellulose …

Effect of chemical modifications caused by heat treatment on mechanical properties of Grevillea robusta wood

F Mburu, S Dumarçay, JF Bocquet, M Petrissans… - … degradation and stability, 2008 - Elsevier
Grevillea robusta, a Kenyan wood species of low durability was heat treated under inert
atmosphere in laboratory conditions at temperatures between 220 and 250° C. Modulus of …

Comparison of chemical composition and decay durability of heat treated wood cured under different inert atmospheres: Nitrogen or vacuum

K Candelier, S Dumarçay, A Pétrissans… - Polymer degradation …, 2013 - Elsevier
Wood heat treatment is an attractive alternative to improve decay resistance of low natural
durability wood species. Nowadays, several types of thermal treatments of wood exist …

The biological durability of thermally-and chemically-modified black pine and poplar wood against basidiomycetes and mold action

V Kamperidou - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Wood of black pine and poplar species were subjected to thermal modification under variant
conditions, while subsequently, a number of the thermally-modified black pine specimens …

Structural analysis of heat-treated birch (Betule papyrifera) surface during artificial weathering

X Huang, D Kocaefe, Y Kocaefe, Y Boluk… - Applied Surface …, 2013 - Elsevier
Effect of artificial weathering on the surface structural changes of birch (Betule papyrifera)
wood, heat-treated to different temperatures, was studied using the fluorescence microscopy …