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This Special Issue of Polymers is a collection of 11 original high-quality scientific contributions on basic and applied research in the field of wood science and technology, and provides good examples of the recent challenges related to the production and application of wood and wood-based materials. The Special Issue includes individual papers concerned with the enhancement of the performance and technological properties of wood composites, above all plywood, as well as with the ignition and combustion of wood and wood composites in monitoring and evaluating these processes on state-of-the-art equipment, and monitoring chemical changes in wood and wood adhesives and composites. The topic of the Special Issue has clearly resonated with the world’s scientific community and the responses have come from traditionally strong wood research centers in Europe and Asia.

Technology: general issues --- plywood --- veneer 3D moldability --- natural fiber reinforcement --- wood-plastic composite (WPC) --- silicone --- mechanical properties --- cytotoxicity --- casting --- ageing --- veneer --- laser-cut --- additive manufacturing --- wood composite --- birch plywood --- molecular weight --- phenol-formaldehyde resin --- soft-rot --- weathering stability --- wood-based panels --- high-density fiberboards --- bio-adhesives --- ammonium lignosulfonate --- zero-formaldehyde emission --- tropical wood --- non-isothermal thermogravimetry --- deconvolution of thermogravimetry runs --- cone calorimetry testing --- heat-release rate --- OSB --- heat flux density --- ignition time --- weight loss --- meranti --- padauk --- merbau --- thermal treatment --- wood lignin --- eco-panel --- small ignition initiator --- straw --- relative burning rate --- fire properties --- spruce wood --- cellulose --- hemicelluloses --- lignin --- extractives --- time of storage --- fiber characteristics --- torrefied wood --- fuel --- combustion --- heat release rate --- plywood --- veneer 3D moldability --- natural fiber reinforcement --- wood-plastic composite (WPC) --- silicone --- mechanical properties --- cytotoxicity --- casting --- ageing --- veneer --- laser-cut --- additive manufacturing --- wood composite --- birch plywood --- molecular weight --- phenol-formaldehyde resin --- soft-rot --- weathering stability --- wood-based panels --- high-density fiberboards --- bio-adhesives --- ammonium lignosulfonate --- zero-formaldehyde emission --- tropical wood --- non-isothermal thermogravimetry --- deconvolution of thermogravimetry runs --- cone calorimetry testing --- heat-release rate --- OSB --- heat flux density --- ignition time --- weight loss --- meranti --- padauk --- merbau --- thermal treatment --- wood lignin --- eco-panel --- small ignition initiator --- straw --- relative burning rate --- fire properties --- spruce wood --- cellulose --- hemicelluloses --- lignin --- extractives --- time of storage --- fiber characteristics --- torrefied wood --- fuel --- combustion --- heat release rate

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This Special Issue of Polymers is a collection of 11 original high-quality scientific contributions on basic and applied research in the field of wood science and technology, and provides good examples of the recent challenges related to the production and application of wood and wood-based materials. The Special Issue includes individual papers concerned with the enhancement of the performance and technological properties of wood composites, above all plywood, as well as with the ignition and combustion of wood and wood composites in monitoring and evaluating these processes on state-of-the-art equipment, and monitoring chemical changes in wood and wood adhesives and composites. The topic of the Special Issue has clearly resonated with the world’s scientific community and the responses have come from traditionally strong wood research centers in Europe and Asia.

Technology: general issues --- plywood --- veneer 3D moldability --- natural fiber reinforcement --- wood–plastic composite (WPC) --- silicone --- mechanical properties --- cytotoxicity --- casting --- ageing --- veneer --- laser-cut --- additive manufacturing --- wood composite --- birch plywood --- molecular weight --- phenol-formaldehyde resin --- soft-rot --- weathering stability --- wood-based panels --- high-density fiberboards --- bio-adhesives --- ammonium lignosulfonate --- zero-formaldehyde emission --- tropical wood --- non-isothermal thermogravimetry --- deconvolution of thermogravimetry runs --- cone calorimetry testing --- heat-release rate --- OSB --- heat flux density --- ignition time --- weight loss --- meranti --- padauk --- merbau --- thermal treatment --- wood lignin --- eco-panel --- small ignition initiator --- straw --- relative burning rate --- fire properties --- spruce wood --- cellulose --- hemicelluloses --- lignin --- extractives --- time of storage --- fiber characteristics --- torrefied wood --- fuel --- combustion --- heat release rate --- n/a --- wood-plastic composite (WPC)

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Wood composites have shown very good performance and substantial service lives when correctly specified for the exposure risks present. The selection of an appropriate product for the job should be accompanied by decisions about the appropriate protection, whether this is by design, by preservative treatment, or by wood modification techniques. This Special Issue, “Advances in Wood Composites II”, presents recent progress in enhancing and refining the performance and properties of wood composites by chemical and thermal modification and the application of smart nanomaterials. Such enhancements and refinements have made wood composites a particular area of interest for researchers. In addition, this Special Issue reviews some important aspects in the field of wood composites, with particular focus on their materials, applications, and engineering and scientific advances, including solutions inspired biomimetically by the structure of wood and wood composites. This Special Issue, as a collection of 14 original contributions, provides selected examples of recent advances in wood composites.

History of engineering & technology --- EPDM rubber --- wood sawdust --- electron beam irradiation --- dibenzoyl peroxide --- cross-liking --- physico-chemical characteristics --- feather protein --- wood preservatives --- nano-carrier --- treatability --- decay resistance --- short-rotation --- aspen --- willow --- injection molding --- biocomposite --- tensile strength --- bending strength --- microstructure behavior --- viscoelasticity --- WPC --- HDPE --- composite --- wood --- creep --- thermoplastic --- flexure --- power law --- modeling --- fire retardants --- fire retardancy --- graphene --- nano-materials --- wollastonite --- black locust wood --- ammonia treated wood --- colour change --- dynamic mechanical analysis --- birch plywood --- veneer-drying temperature --- formaldehyde emission --- modulus of elasticity --- bonding strength --- thickness swelling --- water absorption --- transparent wood --- orthogonal test --- partial delignification --- light transmittance --- morphological structure --- sorption behavior --- sorption fitting model --- compositional analysis --- hydroxyl accessibility --- engineering materials --- composite panels --- chicken feather --- cell-wall polymers --- thermal conductivity coefficient --- natural materials --- spruce and larch bark --- sound absorption coefficient --- impedance tube --- biomass --- up-cycling --- plywood --- densification --- core layer temperature --- bonding quality --- hot pressing --- veneer stack heating --- wood composites --- wood composite binders --- synthetic wood adhesives --- biosourced wood adhesives --- environment-friendly --- new approaches --- EPDM rubber --- wood sawdust --- electron beam irradiation --- dibenzoyl peroxide --- cross-liking --- physico-chemical characteristics --- feather protein --- wood preservatives --- nano-carrier --- treatability --- decay resistance --- short-rotation --- aspen --- willow --- injection molding --- biocomposite --- tensile strength --- bending strength --- microstructure behavior --- viscoelasticity --- WPC --- HDPE --- composite --- wood --- creep --- thermoplastic --- flexure --- power law --- modeling --- fire retardants --- fire retardancy --- graphene --- nano-materials --- wollastonite --- black locust wood --- ammonia treated wood --- colour change --- dynamic mechanical analysis --- birch plywood --- veneer-drying temperature --- formaldehyde emission --- modulus of elasticity --- bonding strength --- thickness swelling --- water absorption --- transparent wood --- orthogonal test --- partial delignification --- light transmittance --- morphological structure --- sorption behavior --- sorption fitting model --- compositional analysis --- hydroxyl accessibility --- engineering materials --- composite panels --- chicken feather --- cell-wall polymers --- thermal conductivity coefficient --- natural materials --- spruce and larch bark --- sound absorption coefficient --- impedance tube --- biomass --- up-cycling --- plywood --- densification --- core layer temperature --- bonding quality --- hot pressing --- veneer stack heating --- wood composites --- wood composite binders --- synthetic wood adhesives --- biosourced wood adhesives --- environment-friendly --- new approaches