In the last decade there has been a remarkable growth world-wide in the production of biomaterial-based composites. In this context, so-called wood plastic composites (WPCs) are today mainly used in …
Wood as a hygroscopic material gains or loses moisture with changes in climate of the surrounding air. The moisture content influences strength properties, hardness, durability and machinability. Therefore the hygroscopicity …
Following the rapid adoption of automated sorption balances (often referred to as «dynamic vapor sorption» or «DVS» analysers) a large number of studies have been published in the past ten …
Water is an essential requirement for fungal degradation, but the exact role of water is not fully understood (Brischke & Alfredsen 2020). Fungal hyphae need capillary water (Rayner & Boddy …
