Adhesives are essential for producing wooden boards from particles or veneer, necessitating large quantities of glue. Historically, plant and animal proteins were used in adhesives, but the advent of inexpensive …
Alkyds have for a long time been one of the first choices as binders in outdoor wood coatings. Addition of hard and stiff nano particles would typically reinforce the coating. …
There is increasing awareness and pressure to reduce formaldehyde (and other toxic) based emissions from wood panel boards in indoor environments. A new technique was developed to make highly loaded …
The vast majority of recycled wood in Europe is used for particleboards, so there is a need to diversify the use of reclaimed wood for new materials. Wood plastic composites …
Wood materials play a central role in the green transition of our society. However, the growing demand for wood requires a better utilisation of the virgin wood biomass for materials …
