Wood Composites and Their Polymer Binders

• Published in: Polymers Vol. 12; no. 5; p. 1115
• Main Authors: Pizzi, Antonio, Papadopoulos, Antonios N, Policardi, Franco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI 13.05.2020; MDPI AG
• Subjects: biosourced wood adhesives; Engineering Sciences; environment-friendly; new approaches; Review; synthetic wood adhesives; wood composite binders; wood composites; new approaches; biosourced wood adhesives; environment-friendly; synthetic wood adhesives; wood composite binders; wood composites
• ISSN: 2073-4360; 2073-4360
• DOI: 10.3390/polym12051115

This review presents first, rather succinctly, what are the important points to look out for when preparing good wood composites, the main types of wood composites manufactured industrially, and the mainly oil-derived wood composite adhesives and binders that dominate and have been dominating this industry. Also briefly described are the most characteristic biosourced, renewable-derived adhesives that are actively researched as substitutes. For all these adhesives, synthetic and biosourced, the reviews expose the considerable progresses which have occurred relatively recently, with a host of new approaches and ideas having been proposed and tested, some even implemented, but with even many more already appearing on the horizon.