The complex structure of wood, one of the most abundant biomaterials on Earth, has been
optimized over 270 million years of tree evolution. This optimization has led to the highly …

Even though natural fiber reinforced polymer composites (NFRPCs) have been widely used
in automotive and building industries, there is still a room to promote them to high-level …

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 …

Mass timber (MT), a group of large engineered structural wooden panels such as cross-
laminated timber (CLT), glue-laminated timber (Glulam), laminated veneer lumber (LVL) …

The market for durable products using modified wood has increased substantially during the
last few years. This is partly because of the restriction on the use of toxic preservatives due …

The degradable nature of high-performance, wood-based materials is an attractive
advantage when considering environmental factors such as sustainability, recycling, and …

This state-of-the-art report presents the basic concepts of some of the thermo-hydro (TH) and
thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) wood processes that are in use today, ie heat treatment …

Significant developments in the area of wood modification have been achieved during the
last three decades. These developments can be attributed to increased environmental …

The market for new durable products of modified wood has increased substantially during
the last few years, especially in Europe. This increased interest depends partly on the …

Moisture plays a central role in the performance of wood products because it affects
important material properties such as the resistance to decomposition, the mechanical …