Advanced Eco-friendly Wood Composites: Sustainable Materials for the Circular Bioeconomy

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About this ebook

Advanced Eco-friendly Wood Composites for A Sustainable and Circular Bioeconomy explores the challenges and future perspectives related to the development, properties, and applications of innovative, high-performance, eco-friendly wood composites, supporting the transition of the wood-based panel industry towards a circular bioeconomy, thus creating sustainable and resilient environments. Topics covered within the book include the latest approaches in the development of novel environmentally friendly wood-based composites; sustainable, bio-based wood adhesives; innovative approaches and processes for sustainable, optimized utilization of natural feedstocks, recycling and cascading in the use of wood-based composites; thermal and chemical technologies for enhanced protection of wood and wood-based composites; application of nanomaterials to wood-based composites; valorization of bark for value-added chemicals and production of wood composites; non-wood lignocellulosic composites; advanced functionalities and application of wood-based panels and life cycle assessment of eco-friendly wood composites. This book presents a comprehensive review of the latest advancements in the field of eco-friendly wood-based composites with enhanced properties, close-to-zero formaldehyde emission, and a lower environmental footprint for advanced value-added applications. - Provides a comprehensive review of the latest advances in eco-friendly wood composites with enhanced properties and lower carbon footprint - Discusses new insights from the circular economy and environmental perspectives that will increase value-added applications. - Covers properties, applications, life cycle assessment and environmental impact

About the author

Prof. Dr. Petar Antov is a university lecturer and researcher working in the field of wood technology and engineering ecology at the University of Forestry, based in Sofia, Bulgaria. His main research interests are in the domain of wood science and technology, wood-based composites, biobased wood adhesives, formaldehyde emission, formaldehyde scavengers, eco-friendly wood-based composites, occupational health, and safety at work in wood industry enterprises, ergonomics, and ergonomic design of furniture products. He has authored over 120 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and acts as a reviewer for various world-renowned scientific journals in the field of wood science and technology. Dr. Antov has been a Guest Editor for several special issues in different scientific journals and has been appointed as an Editorial Board Member for several SCI journals, as well as a Programme Committee member for several national and international scientific conferences.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Taghiyari’s main areas of research include fluid flow and permeability in wood and wood-based composites, wood modification and preservation methods, and utilization of nanomaterials in wood and wood-based composites. He has intensively worked on the effects of different nanomaterials on the properties of solid wood (different species), and composite panels over the last two decades. The nanomaterials he has worked with include nanometals (including silver, copper, and zinc oxide); and nanominerals as they are more abundant, cheaper, with lower environmental hazards. The results of his studies have been published in a wide range of peer-reviewed academic journals.

Dr. Lee was awarded his Ph.D. in Wood Science and Technology from the Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Following his graduation, he continued his academic career as a post-doctoral researcher at the Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia for 3.5 years. He was employed as a research fellow at the Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Currently, he is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Applied Science, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Jengka, Pahang, Malaysia. He is a reviewer for several reputable journals such as Cellulose, the European Journal of Wood and Wood Products, Industrial Crops and Products, and Construction and Building Materials. In 2021, he was awarded the Publication Award by the Forest Research Institute Malaysia. In the same year, he was awarded Outstanding Reviewer 2021 by the Journal of Renewable Materials (JRM).

Dr. Lubis received his BSc in Forestry from IPB University (Bogor, Indonesia) in 2011 and integrated master/doctoral, Ph.D. in wood science and technology from Kyungpook National University (Daegu, South Korea) in 2019. He has been a junior researcher at the Research Center for Biomaterials, National Research, and Innovation Agency of Indonesia since 2014. Dr. Lubis' research interest includes wood adhesives, wood adhesion, thermosetting resins, and polymer composites. He has received many awards for his research including “The ASEAN-Republic of Korea for Excellence in Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) from the South Korean Government, in 2021 and won the Best Researcher Award at the Research Center for Biomaterials, National Research, and Innovation Agency of Indonesia in 2021. He had been a Guest Editor and active reviewer for several high reputable journals.

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