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This Special Issue of Coatings presents the newest research outcome in the field of the enhancement of native wood properties through a wide range of chemical, biological, and physical agents. The broad spectrum of topics provides a comprehensive update regarding ongoing research in this field. Such a compilation can be an inspiration for the further development of multifunctional and sustainable coatings, revolutionizing the wood sector of the future.

Technology: general issues --- tropical wood --- surface preservation --- wood weathering --- FTIR --- weathered wood roughness --- wood degradation --- brown rot --- white rot --- soft rot --- mechanisms of decay --- coating performance --- bioproducts --- bio-coatings --- seaweeds --- Posidonia oceanica --- lignocellulosic materials --- wood composite panels --- photodegradation --- SEM imaging --- FT-IR spectroscopy --- thin samples --- accelerated natural weathering --- mass-timber --- surface protection --- outdoor exposure --- cross-laminated timber --- Arctic driftwood --- natural modification --- cutting forces --- larch wood --- sawing process --- laminated wood --- meranti --- fir --- physical properties --- mechanical properties --- wood-frame windows --- thermal transmittance --- modified wood --- functional wood --- multifunctional wood --- nanotechnology --- transparent wood --- durability --- weathering --- fire performance --- wood modification --- life cycle assessment --- carbon storage --- artificial aging --- coating --- gloss --- properties --- varnish --- black alder wood --- natural weathering --- acetylation --- coatings --- service life performance --- aesthetic --- bio-based coating --- aesthetics --- living fungal cells --- bioinspired materials design --- n/a

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This Special Issue of Coatings presents the newest research outcome in the field of the enhancement of native wood properties through a wide range of chemical, biological, and physical agents. The broad spectrum of topics provides a comprehensive update regarding ongoing research in this field. Such a compilation can be an inspiration for the further development of multifunctional and sustainable coatings, revolutionizing the wood sector of the future.

tropical wood --- surface preservation --- wood weathering --- FTIR --- weathered wood roughness --- wood degradation --- brown rot --- white rot --- soft rot --- mechanisms of decay --- coating performance --- bioproducts --- bio-coatings --- seaweeds --- Posidonia oceanica --- lignocellulosic materials --- wood composite panels --- photodegradation --- SEM imaging --- FT-IR spectroscopy --- thin samples --- accelerated natural weathering --- mass-timber --- surface protection --- outdoor exposure --- cross-laminated timber --- Arctic driftwood --- natural modification --- cutting forces --- larch wood --- sawing process --- laminated wood --- meranti --- fir --- physical properties --- mechanical properties --- wood-frame windows --- thermal transmittance --- modified wood --- functional wood --- multifunctional wood --- nanotechnology --- transparent wood --- durability --- weathering --- fire performance --- wood modification --- life cycle assessment --- carbon storage --- artificial aging --- coating --- gloss --- properties --- varnish --- black alder wood --- natural weathering --- acetylation --- coatings --- service life performance --- aesthetic --- bio-based coating --- aesthetics --- living fungal cells --- bioinspired materials design --- n/a

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Biopolymers including natural (e.g., polysaccharides, proteins, gums, natural rubbers, bacterial polymers), synthetic (e.g., aliphatic polyesters and polyphosphoester), and biocomposites are of paramount interest in regenerative medicine, due to their availability, processability, and low toxicity. Moreover, the structuration of biopolymer-based materials at the nano- and microscale along with their chemical properties are crucial in the engineering of advanced carriers for drug products. Finally, combination products including or based on biopolymers for controlled drug release offer a powerful solution to improve the tissue integration and biological response of these materials. Understanding the drug delivery mechanisms, efficiency, and toxicity of such systems may be useful for regenerative medicine and pharmaceutical technology. The main aim of the Special Issue on “Biopolymers in Drug Delivery and Regenerative Medicine” is to gather recent findings and current advances on biopolymer research for biomedical applications, particularly in regenerative medicine, wound healing, and drug delivery. Contributions to this issue can be as original research or review articles and may cover all aspects of biopolymer research, ranging from the chemical synthesis and characterization of modified biopolymers, their processing in different morphologies and hierarchical structures, as well as their assessment for biomedical uses.

Technology: general issues --- coating --- modification --- nanotechnology --- un-pigmented paints --- permeability --- pull-off --- artificial weathering --- coatings --- durability --- natural weathering --- oak wood --- wettability --- phenol --- carbohydrates --- beech --- birch --- spruce --- sessile oak --- wood --- surface modification --- esterification --- classic approaches --- modern approaches --- shelling --- western larch --- confocal profilometry --- profiling --- growth rings --- latewood --- earlywood --- pith-side-up --- bark-side-up --- spruce wood --- fungicides --- plasma --- UV-additives --- weathering --- adhesion --- caffeine --- TiO2 nanoparticles --- transparent coatings --- UV-resistance --- mould attack --- leaching --- micronized basic copper carbonate --- peroxide --- surface protection --- Norway spruce --- thermally treated wood --- DCSBD --- plasma treatment --- surface free energy

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Wood-based materials are CO2-neutral, renewable, and considered to be environmentally friendly. The huge variety of wood species and wood-based composites allows a wide scope of creative and esthetic alternatives to materials with higher environmental impacts during production, use and disposal. Quality of wood is influenced by the genetic and environmental factors. One of the emerging uses of wood are building and construction applications. Modern building and construction practices would not be possible without use of wood or wood-based composites. The use of composites enables using wood of lower quality for the production of materials with engineered properties for specific target applications. Even more, the utilization of such reinforcing particles as carbon nanotubes and nanocellulose enables development of a new generation of composites with even better properties. The positive aspect of decomposability of waste wood can turn into the opposite when wood or wood-based materials are exposed to weathering, moisture oscillations, different discolorations, and degrading organisms. Protective measures are therefore unavoidable for many outdoor applications. Resistance of wood against different aging factors is always a combined effect of toxic or inhibiting ingredients on the one hand, and of structural, anatomical, or chemical ways of excluding moisture on the other.

neural network --- Pinus massoniana Lamb. --- intra-ring variation --- relative humidity --- ultimate state --- nondestructive assessment --- machinability --- stiffness --- wood based composites --- bamboo --- poplar seedlings --- thinning --- blue staining fungi --- tropical woods --- compression --- bending stiffness --- wooden windows --- ultrasonic wave velocity measurement --- glued lamella --- three-point bending --- wood properties --- technological and product innovations --- structural changes --- non-destructive testing --- hardwoods --- brittleness --- green larch --- root-collar diameter --- FTIR --- material preference --- cooling tower --- tensile modulus --- strength grading --- immigrants --- weight of a user --- density --- flexible chair --- predictive performance --- heat treatment --- modulus of elasticity --- orthotropic --- acoustic resonance --- building material --- CIEL*a*b* system --- deflection at the modulus of rupture --- marketing --- bamboo grid packing --- fungi --- minimal curve radius --- European hardwoods --- cyclic loading --- chemical composition --- laminated wood --- volume yield --- tensile strength --- artificial weathering --- glulam --- dynamic modulus of elasticity --- colour changes --- modulus of elasticity (MOE) --- coefficient of wood bendability --- urban housing --- Resistance to Impact Milling (RIM) --- nondestructive testing --- Coniophora puteana --- roughness --- brown rot --- wood --- phenol formaldehyde resin --- wood-processing industry performance --- elemental composition --- natural weathering --- longitudinal stress wave velocity --- mechanical properties --- aluminium reinforcements --- chemical changes --- colour change --- High-Energy Multiple Impact (HEMI)–test --- plantation timber --- fiber-managed hardwoods --- cooling packing --- wood mechanical properties --- flexural rigidity --- moisture content --- ultrasonic speed --- color --- elastic constants --- Douglas-fir --- mixed-effects hierarchical linear models --- wood impregnation --- dynamic strength --- microfibril angle --- silviculture --- low quality round wood --- Eucalyptus --- hybrid beams --- end-product-based fiber attribute determinates --- high frequency drying --- infrared spectroscopy --- building culture background --- lumber --- Euler-Bernoulli --- ultrasound --- cell-wall mechanics --- colour --- deflection at the limit of proportionality