Figured woods (wood with frequent grain deviation) and spalted woods (wood with internal coloration from wood-decaying fungi, whether white rots, brown rots, or soft rots) are prevalent in both historic and modern woodworking. Both materials present a machining challenge, spalted wood in particular ...

lkali solution immersion is widely used as a pretreatment process during bamboo and wood product manufacturing. In this study, a surface analysis on bamboo chips pre-treated with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) at room temperature was performed. The influence of this treatment on the bamboo surface color,...

Woodworkers have used spalted wood (wood decayed and coloured by fungi) for marquetry and intarsia for over 500 years. However despite the long history and ubiquitous nature of the material, the use has never been 'mainstream,' and little is known about the people who use it and how they value the...

Wood-plastic composites (WPCs) are very promising and sustainable green materials to achieve durability without using toxic chemicals. These materials, produced by blending biopolymers and natural fillers, permit us not only to tailor the desired properties of materials according to the...

Deep penetration into wood is necessary for wood preservatives to provide long-term durability and for some wood modification agents to enhance wood properties. Bioincising was investigated as a means to enhance chemical penetration. Candidate fungi were screened for bioincising on pine and spruce...

The increase in activities in the wood-based industries has contributed greatly to deforestation, and this has consequently led to the development of new materials to substitute for the felling of trees. In this study, red Ironwood (Lophira alata) chips and cassava starch were used for the...

In this study. major factors involved in regulating ethanol production from wood by the saprotrophic white-rot fungus Phanerochaete sordida YK-624 were investigated. P. sordida YK-624 produced ethanol from wood meal culture without the addition of any nutrients, and ethanol was produced from wood...

This study assessed the machining properties of 11-year-old Eucalyptus urophylla × E. grandis, known as E. urograndis wood, that was infected by stem canker disease, Chrysoporthe deuterocubensis. Instead of being discarded directly, the study aimed to explore the possibility of infected trees being ...

Recently, the plywood industry has been using low-molecule phenol (LMP) to enhance the dimensional stability of inferior-quality wood, along with copper naphthenate to increase veneer durability against staining fungi as a wood preservative. Non-destructive X-ray microtomography is a promising...

Bio-based building materials are susceptible to degradation by decay fungi when exposed to favourable conditions for fungal growth. The risk of decay depends on both the environmental conditions and material resistance. Although durability data is available for solid wood, standard tests mainly...