Wood Science and Technology

Editorial

• Editorial

Birefringence of cellulose: review, measurement techniques, dispersion models, biomedical applications and future perspectives

• Review

Muhammad Noman Khan, Zain ul Abidin, Shamim Khan, Almas, Sonia Mustafa, Iftikhar Ahmad

Dissolving-grade pulp: a sustainable source for fiber production

• Open Access
• Review

Elisabet Quintana, Cristina Valls, M. Blanca Roncero

Wood fibre alkalization effect on the thermal stability of meranti wood flour: a modification of the conventional method

• Open Access
• Research

B. Mabuto, S. P. Hlangothi

Effects of thermal modification on the flexure properties, fracture energy, and hardness of western hemlock

• Original

T. Nakagawa, E. Poulin, T. Rueppel, Z. Chen, J. Swinea, M. O’Brien, G. Houser, G. Wood, M. Weinheimer, P. Bahmani, P. Stynoski, M. Salviato

Wood-water interactions of primers to enhance wood-polyurethane bonding performance

• Open Access
• Original

Thomas Böger, Max Engelhardt, Francis Tangwa Suh, Klaus Richter, Antoni Sanchez-Ferrer

The influence of the solvent removal process on subsequent molding of impregnated wood with melamine formaldehyde resin

• Original

Masako Seki, Yuko Yashima, Daisuke Shimamoto, Mitsuru Abe, Tsunehisa Miki, Masakazu Nishida

Sorption of water and ethanol pure vapours and vapour mixtures by four hardwoods

• Original

Pankaj Yadav, Julie Bossu, Nicolas Le Moigne, Stéphane Corn, Francesco Di Renzo, Philippe Trens

Solar drying of timber in Harbin, China

• Original

Xiang Chi, Chenghui Wu, Yaohui Liu, Zhipeng Zhu, Xiaoxue Song, Zechun Ren, Guangping Han, Wanli Cheng, Stavros Avramidis

Highly efficient and sustainable wood-based plasmonic photoabsorber for interfacial solar steam generation of seawater

• Original

Mahdi Karimi-Nazarabad, Elaheh K. Goharshadi, Faezeh Sadeghi, Atefe Ebrahimi

Fabrication of hierarchical porous biomass-based carbon aerogels from liquefied wood for supercapacitor applications

• Original

Liangmu Qiu, Ranran Guo, Xiaojun Ma, Binqing Sun, Jie Li

Evaluation of combustion characteristics for wood specimens coated with metal oxides of different oxidation states in the secondary stage of combustion (II)

• Original

Eui Jin, Yeong-Jin Chung

Improving the flame retardancy of furfurylated wood by introducing DOPO

• Open Access
• Original

Youming Dong, Zhenyu Fu, Yutao Yan, Jingbo Shi, Mark Hughes, Xianxu Zhan, Jianzhang Li

Wood property genetic parameter estimation from first-generation Douglas-fir progeny tests

• Original

L. R. Schimleck, K. J. S. Jayawickrama, T. Z. Ye

X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and thermal decomposition analyses of virgin cork elements in Quercus variabilis grown in Korea

• Original

Denni Prasetia, Byantara Darsan Purusatama, Jong-Ho Kim, Jae-Hyuk Jang, Se-Yeong Park, Seung-Hwan Lee, Nam Hun Kim

Bark-based biorefineries: anatomical and chemical characterization of the bark of endemic Quercus vulcanica of Turkey

• Original

Ali Umut Şen, Rita Simões, Cengiz Yücedağ, Teresa Quilhó, Vicelina Sousa, Isabel Miranda, Ângela Fernandes, Helena Pereira

Optimisation study of Ulmus pumila woody biomass fractionation by steam explosion for bioproducts production

• Open Access
• Original

A. Susmozas, P. Manzanares, M. J. Negro, I. Ballesteros

Adhesion-related properties of silver birch (Betula Pendula Roth) wood as affected by hydrophilic extraction

• Open Access
• Original

Max Engelhardt, Hans Albert Gilg, Klaus Richter, Antoni Sanchez-Ferrer

Full elastic properties characterization of wood by ultrasound using a single sample

• Original

Jérôme S. Afoutou, Xi Zhang, Frédéric Dubois