The deleterious effects of solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation on construction materials,
especially wood and plastics, and the consequent impacts on their useful lifetimes, are well …

The primary issues restricting fast-growing wood utilization in buildings are its low
dimensional stability and lack of strength grading. Thermal treatment has been shown to …

Nanocellulose is a nanostructured form of cellulose, which retains valuable properties of
cellulose such as renewability, biodegradability, biocompatibility, nontoxicity, and …

In this work, the degradation behavior of bamboo scrimber are investigated under natural
weathering system for six years. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), x-ray …

Transparent wood composite (TWC) is an innovative wood-based polymeric material
prepared by the impregnation of a suitable polymer into the lignin-modified wood substrate …

Research on new conservation treatments for historical wood requires considerable
amounts of appropriate wood material, which is hard to acquire. Thus, we produced …

Background In order to propose a destination for the bottom ash generated from biomass
burning, its morphology, functional groups and mineral phases were studied. Dipyrone has …

Wood industries use thermal and thermomechanical treatments as ecological approaches to
increase the durability of wood products, avoiding the need for chemical additives. In this …

Recently, the share of the use of untreated wood in exterior applications has been growing
due to positive ecological and health impacts. In particular, facade elements, but also …

The study investigates the effect of UV irradiation on different native and exotic wood
species which is an open subject of research. Thirteen native wood species and ten exotic …