| Contributors: |
Zelinka, Samuel L.; Altgen, Michael; Emmerich, Lukas; Guigo, Nathanael; Keplinger, Tobias; Kymäläinen, Maija; Thybring, Emil E.; Thygesen, Lisbeth G.; 1Forest Products Laboratory, US Forest Service, Madison, WI 53726, USA; 2Department of Biology, Institute of Wood Science, University Hamburg, DE-20146 Hamburg, Germany; michael.altgen@uni-hamburg.de; 3Department of Wood Biology and Wood Products, University of Göttingen, DE-37073 Göttingen, Germany; lukas.emmerich@uni-goettingen.de; 4Institut de Chimie de Nice, Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, UMR 7272, FR-06108 Nice, France; nathanael.guigo@univ-cotedazur.fr; 5Austrocel Hallein GmbH, 5400 Hallein, Austria; tobias.keplinger@austrocel.com; 6Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, P.O. Box 16300, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland; maija.kymalainen@aalto.fi; 7Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark; eet@ign.ku.dk (E.E.T.); lgt@ign.ku.dk (L.G.T.) |
| Description: |
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 as a multifunctional or smart material. While wood modifications have been examined since the early 1900s, the topic has become a dominant area of study in wood science over the past decade. This review summarizes recent advances and provides future perspective on a selection of wood modifications, i.e., the methods that are currently commercialized (acetylation, furfurylation, and thermal modification), a rediscovered ancient practice (charring), a family of polymerization modifications that have so far made it to the pilot scale, and examples of novel wood-based functional materials explored at laboratory scale. ; EU Interreg Öresund-Kattegat Skagerrak |