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 …

A review of electrical conductivity models for conductive polymer composite

NAM Radzuan, AB Sulong, J Sahari - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Conductive Polymer Composite (CPC) can be considered one of the best material
candidates for the bipolar plates in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cells due to its …

Wood-water relationships and their role for wood susceptibility to fungal decay

C Brischke, G Alfredsen - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2020 - Springer
Wood in service is sequestering carbon, but it is principally prone to deterioration where
different fungi metabolize wood, and carbon dioxide is released back to the atmosphere. A …

Dynamics of water bound to crystalline cellulose

H O'Neill, SV Pingali, L Petridis, J He, E Mamontov… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Interactions of water with cellulose are of both fundamental and technological importance.
Here, we characterize the properties of water associated with cellulose using deuterium …

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 …

Effect of different graphite materials on the electrical conductivity and flexural strength of bipolar plates fabricated using selective laser sintering

N Guo, MC Leu - International journal of hydrogen energy, 2012 - Elsevier
Selective Laser Sintering provides a way to fabricate graphite composite bipolar plates for
use in fuel cells. This significantly reduces time and cost at the research and development …

Wood and moisture

EE Thybring, M Fredriksson - Springer handbook of wood science and …, 2023 - Springer
Wood is a porous, hygroscopic material that can take up water both within cell walls (cell-
wall water) and in the macrovoid structure (capillary water). Therefore, moisture transport in …

The importance of moisture for brown rot degradation of modified wood: a critical discussion

R Ringman, G Beck, A Pilgård - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
The effect of wood modification on wood-water interactions in modified wood is poorly
understood, even though water is a critical factor in fungal wood degradation. A previous …

Not just lumber—Using wood in the sustainable future of materials, chemicals, and fuels

JE Jakes, X Arzola, R Bergman, P Ciesielski, CG Hunt… - Jom, 2016 - Springer
Forest-derived biomaterials can play an integral role in a sustainable and renewable future.
Research across a range of disciplines is required to develop the knowledge necessary to …

Brown-rot fungal degradation and de-acetylation of acetylated wood

G Beck, EE Thybring, LG Thygesen - International biodeterioration & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Earlywood samples of unmodified and acetylated radiata pine were exposed to the brown-
rot fungus Rhodonia placenta for 1, 2, 3 and 4 weeks for unmodified samples and 10, 16, 24 …