Key message Wood machining is compulsory both for timber separation and the surfacing of
wooden objects. The anisotropy, cellular nature and multi-scale level organisation of wood …

Confocal fluorescence microscopy was used to examine the spectral characteristics of lignin
autofluorescence in secondary cell walls of normal and compression wood from Pinus …

The influence of microfibril angle (MfA), density and chemical cell wall composition on
shrinkage varied between the longitudinal and tangential directions as well as between …

This study aims at better understanding the respective influences of specific gravity (γ),
microfibril angle (MFA), and cell wall matrix polymers on viscoelastic vibrational properties of …

Compression wood has undesirable properties for structural timber and for paper
production. Traditional methods of detecting it are often time consuming and subjective. This …

Upon tensile stress, the spiral cellulose fibrils in wood cell walls rotate like springs with
decreasing microfibril angle (MFA), and the cellulose molecules elongate in the chain …

Near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy has been used to predict the severity of compression wood
in samples of radiata pine (P. radiata D. Don) using a subjective microscopic assessment of …

Compression wood is a hard, dark-coloured wood typically found on the lower side of
leaning stems and branches in conifers, Taxus and Ginkgo. This reaction wood is the result …

This study aimed to observe and to compare the microfibril angle (MFA), crystalline
characteristics, and chemical compounds in compression wood, lateral wood, and opposite …

Trees are major components of the biosphere and their wood is one of the most important
renewable resources. Wood as it exists is the result of an evolutionary process to perfectly …