The critical roles of water in the processing, structure, and properties of nanocellulose

S Jing, L Wu, AP Siciliano, C Chen, T Li, L Hu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The cellulose industry depends heavily on water owing to the hydrophilic nature of cellulose
fibrils and its potential for sustainable and innovative production methods. The emergence of …

Characterization of water in wood by time-domain nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (TD-NMR): a review

J Li, E Ma - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review summarizes the development of the experimental technique and analytical
method for using TD-NMR to study wood-water interactions in recent years. We briefly …

Bound and free water distribution in wood during water uptake and drying as measured by 1D magnetic resonance imaging

Ö Gezici-Koç, SJF Erich, HP Huinink, LGJ Van der Ven… - Cellulose, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Knowledge on moisture transport in wood is important for understanding its
utilization, durability and product quality. Moisture transport processes in wood can be …

[HTML][HTML] Finite-element-based moisture transport model for wood including free water above the fiber saturation point

M Autengruber, M Lukacevic, J Füssl - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2020 - Elsevier
Timber constructions and engineered wood products exhibit a strong moisture-dependent
behavior, which needs to be sufficiently describable by models to avoid critical designs. For …

Transport of cellular water during drying: An understanding of cell rupturing mechanism in apple tissue

MIH Khan, SA Nagy, MA Karim - Food Research International, 2018 - Elsevier
The cellular structure of food tissue is complex, and it is difficult to understand the
morphological changes during drying. Three different cellular environments, namely …

Visualization and quantification of liquid water transport in softwood by means of neutron radiography

M Sedighi-Gilani, M Griffa, D Mannes… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Liquid water uptake in an orthotropic, cellular, hierarchical and natural material namely
wood is investigated using neutron radiography. During water uptake in wood, liquid does …

Wood and moisture

EE Thybring, M Fredriksson - Springer handbook of wood science and …, 2023 - Springer
Wood is a porous, hygroscopic material that can take up water both within cell walls (cell-
wall water) and in the macrovoid structure (capillary water). Therefore, moisture transport in …

2D time-domain nuclear magnetic resonance (2D TD-NMR) characterization of cell wall water of Fagus sylvatica and Pinus taeda L.

J Li, E Ma - Cellulose, 2022 - Springer
Water dominates the wood cell wall in the hygroscopic range. The state and amount of cell
wall water influence the physical and mechanical properties of wood. 2D time-domain …

[HTML][HTML] Finite-element-based prediction of moisture-induced crack patterns for cross sections of solid wood and glued laminated timber exposed to a realistic climate …

M Autengruber, M Lukacevic, C Gröstlinger… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Moisture may significantly influence the dimensions and behavior of wooden elements and,
thus, it is important to consider within both serviceability as well as ultimate limit state …

Progress in rheology and hydrodynamics allowed by NMR or MRI techniques

P Coussot - Experiments in Fluids, 2020 - Springer
We review the uses of nuclear magnetic resonance techniques for experiments with fluids.
More precisely we focus on the progress of knowledge in complex flows, rheology of …