Landfills around the world are full of plastics and packaging materials, some of which may take decades or longer to completely break down. Plastics made from biodegradable polymers are much …
This study concerns the potential possibility to produce environmentally friendly intumescent fire protective coatings for wood and wood products from polysaccharide materials and other natural biopolymers. The paper is a …
Wood silanization is a process of its superficial or volumetric modification through the treatment with organosilicon compounds. The mechanism of such modification is based on covalent bonds formation between hydroxyl …
Wood decomposition is the result of activation of many factors. Wood contains 45-50% of cellulose. The cellulose is degraded by means of many species of fungi and cellulotic bacterias. Wood …
Due to ever-increasing awareness of resource sufficiency, climate change mitigation and circularity of materials, many industrial sectors, including paints & coating industry, are looking for novel solutions for replacement of …
Cellulose is present in the cell walls of wood in the form of partially crystalline microfibrils, with a thickness of 2–3 nm. Lateral aggregation of the microfibrils into bundles, also …
The macroscopic properties of wood are fundamentally derived from the properties of individual wood cells and especially their thick cell walls with much emphasis on how the cells interact with …
Cellulose, a sustainable material, exhibits excellent properties and can be converted into functional products. Here, the dissolution and transesterification (vinyl laurate) of cellulose has been successfully done in a novel …
