Wood cell wall modification with hydrophobic molecules

Wood is used for many applications because of its excellent mechanical properties, relative abundance and as it is a renewable resource. However, its wider utilization as an engineering material is limited because it swells and shrinks upon moisture changes and is susceptible to degradation by micro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ermeydan, Mahmut Ali
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universität Potsdam 2014
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Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-71325
http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2014/7132/