Due to high sustainability, thermal and electrical insulating properties, and aesthetics, wood is the most abundant building material used in residential and non-residential buildings, furniture constructions, and decoration. Thus, high weathering, biological and pyrolytic resistance of wood is essential (Fabiyi, 2010).
Mechanical, biological, thermal, and accelerated weathering behaviors of wood can be increased using various materials. Usually, organic com-pounds (phosphorus-based, phosphorus-nitrogen, phosphorus-halogen compounds) are used to impregnate the wood. Also, high resistance can be reached preparing wood–polymer composites (WPC) (Nikolaeva, 2011). Besides, inorganic com-pounds may achieve high-performance levels at wood preservation and improvement of its characteristics (Chen, 2020). Therefore, this work proposes inorganic GdPO4·H2O:Eu compound produced by in situ hydrothermal syntheses as a new alter-native method to increase wood chemical resistance and confer new optical properties.
Keywords: wood, ceramics, composites
Authors
Monika Baublytė
Vilnius university, Naugarduko st. 24, LT- 03225 Vilnius, Lithuania
Edita Garškaitė
Wood Science and Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, Forskargatan 1, 931 87 Skellefteå, Sweden
Denis Sokol
Vilnius university, Naugarduko st. 24, LT- 03225 Vilnius, Lithuania
Ramūnas Skaudžius
Vilnius university, Naugarduko st. 24, LT- 03225 Vilnius, Lithuania
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