Guest Editors
Lifen Li, Associate Professor, College of Forestry, Guizhou University, China
She received her PhD from Northeast Forestry University in 2015. Her expertise is in the field of wood science and technology, including fractionation of lignocellulose, depolymerization and conversion of lignin, process and properties of wood-based materials. She has presided over and participated in more than 10 scientific research projects at different levels, and published more than 20 SCI papers.
Liping Yu, Associate Professor, College of Forestry, Guizhou University, China
She is one of the first batch of outstanding young scientific and technological talents in Guizhou Province's forestry science and technology industry. She has been dedicated to research on wood conservation and modification. She has led and participated in multiple scientific research projects, and published more than 30 papers, and has been granted 5 Chinese invention patents.
Zhigang Wu, Associate Professor, College of Forestry, Guizhou University, China
He is an outstanding young scientific and technological talent of Guizhou Province and one of the first batch of outstanding young scientific and technological talents in Guizhou Province's forestry science and technology industry. His research interests have focused on biomass wood adhesives, wood surface modification for improving g bonding performance, and wood based materials.He has published more than 50 scientific research articles and obtained 12 authorized invention patents and written 2 books.
Summary
Wood is one of the most abundant biomaterials on earth, and is widely used in construction, furniture and tools field due to its advantages of renewable and sustainable, easy processing, high strength-to-weight ratio, as well as good visual, tactile and acoustic properties. However, as a biopolymer material, wood has some disadvantages, such as shrinkage and swelling, biodeterioration, physical and chemical degradation, easily catching fire, and low absolute strength, and so on, which limits the high-value utilization of wood. Modification of wood by thermal, chemical, physical or combined methods, such as heat treatment, impregnation treatment, cell wall modification treatment, mechanical compression, etc. is becoming popular as a way to fabricate high performance wood with improved or new properties and functions. This special issue aims to explore new and efficient wood treatment technologies, which are expected to make a contribution to global sustainable development.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
i. Wood modification processes
ii. Structural and properties of modified wood
iii. Functionalization of wood
Keywords
Wood modification; Wood preservation; Wood fire prevention; wood reinforcement; Dimensional stability modification of wood; Functionalization of wood
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