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Peeters, Kelly;
Larnøy, Erik;
Kutnar, Andreja;
Hill, Callum A.S.
{ "DOI": "10.1080/20426445.2018.1471840", "language": "eng", "author": [ { "family": "Peeters, Kelly" }, { "family": "Larn\u00f8y, Erik" }, { "family": "Kutnar, Andreja" }, { "family": "Hill, Callum A.S." } ], "issued": { "date-parts": [ [ 2018, 5, 14 ] ] }, "abstract": "<p>Finding efficient ways to decrease wood decay caused by fungi is an important issue in the timber</p>\n\n<p>construction. A possible way to avoid wood decay by fungi is by reducing the water content of</p>\n\n<p>wood, since water is a primary condition for fungal growth. Bulking of the wood cell wall by</p>\n\n<p>chemical reagents occupies the space where water normally occurs. This also improves the</p>\n\n<p>dimensional stability of the modified wood. The aim of the work was to react non-toxic</p>\n\n<p>reagents using a Maillard type of reaction in the wood cell wall. Wood was soaked in different</p>\n\n<p>aqueous solutions with a primary amine and a sugar as the main constituents. The wood was</p>\n\n<p>thereafter cured in an oven at 120°C. The preliminary results showed that the use of the</p>\n\n<p>Maillard reaction for wood modification is a promising method and is worth further research.</p>", "title": "An examination of the potential for the use of the Maillard reaction to modify wood", "type": "article-journal", "id": "1248948" }
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