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ReviewNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Nanomaterials and Chemical Modifications for Enhanced Key Wood Properties: A Review.

Antonios N Papadopoulos, Dimitrios N Bikiaris, Athanasios C Mitropoulos, George Z Kyzas

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Review in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Antonios N PapadopoulosLaboratory of Wood Chemistry and Technology, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, GR-661 00 Drama, Greece. antpap@teiemt.gr.ORCID 0000-0002-6226-5309
Dimitrios N BikiarisLaboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece. dbic@chem.auth.gr.ORCID 0000-0001-8458-4952
Athanasios C MitropoulosHephaestus Advanced Laboratory, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, GR-654 04 Kavala, Greece. amitrop@teiemt.gr.
George Z KyzasHephaestus Advanced Laboratory, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, GR-654 04 Kavala, Greece. kyzas@teiemt.gr.ORCID 0000-0003-1516-3761

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work briefly reviews the research milestones in the area of wood chemical modification, focusing on acetylated and furfurylated wood which have been scaled up, and exploits the solutions that nanotechnology can offer to wood protection as an alternative green innovative approach in improving key wood properties, namely the dimensional stability when subjected to a fluctuating moisture content and a susceptibility to biodegradability by microorganisms. Recently, nanomaterials were found to be able applicable in wood science. The target is to improve some special physicochemical characteristics of wood in order to resist extreme conditions (climate, bacteria, etc.), giving an enhanced potentiality. It is well-established that the wood cell wall shows a porosity of molecular scale dimensions; this is caused by the partial filling of spaces between the microfibrils of the cellulose mainly by polyoses and lignin. The small-sized nanoparticles can deeply and effectively penetrate into the wood, altering its surface chemistry, improving its properties, and therefore, resulting in a hyper-performance product.

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acetylationchemical modificationlignocellulosic materialsnanomaterialsnanotechnologywood

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PMID31013808
PMCPMC6523757

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