George I. Mantanis FIAWS, PhD Professor, Department of Forestry, Wood Sciences and Design
Laboratory of Wood Science & Technology
Wednesday 30/3/2022, Time: 11:00
Webinar: MS Teams
Live Streaming: DIAVLOS, YouTube
Abstract: This lecture is related to state-of-art technologies of thermal and chemical modification of wood, which result in highly innovative wood products with improved physical, mechanical, chemical and biological properties. The lecturer, following a short introduction in wood modification, attempts to display main drawbacks of the natural material, which shall be limited and/or restricted. Then, he shortly presents two of the most prominent products of chemically modified wood, which can be of interest for the new civil engineer and architect, designer, or technologist. Nowadays in Europe, such new modified wood products can be encountered in a variety of outdoor applications.
