Chemical modification of lignocellulosic materials

Examining the cost-efficient use of wood and cellulose derivatives in a wide variety of commodities, Chemical Modification of Lignocellulosic Materials highlights the chemical modification of wood by methods such as etherification, esterification, and thermoplasticization ... examines recent progress in the lignocellulosic liquefaction of wood ... discusses the commercial utilization of nonwood crop fibers ... explains the physical characterization of chemically modified wood ... investigates changes in the mechanical properties of wood composites ... covers strategies to mitigate the natural degradation of cell wall polymers, extractives, and inorganics in lignocellulosic materials ... analyzes the biological resistance of chemically modified wood ... and more. Exhaustively referenced, furnishing over 1175 citations to key literature sources, Chemical Modification of Lignocellulosic Materials is a vital resource for wood, polymer, and organic chemists; agrochemists; biochemists; forest product researchers; wood, paper and pulp, materials, and plant scientists; wood technologists; biotechnologists; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

1. Functional Natural Polymers: A New Dimensional Creativity in Lignocellulosic Chemistry / David N.-S. Hon -- 2. Chemical Structures of Cellulose, Hemicelluloses, and Lignin / Gyosuke Meshitsuka and Akira Isogai -- 3. Reactivity and Accessibility of Cellulose, Hemicelluloses, and Lignins / Yuan-Zong Lai -- 4. Chemical Modification of Cellulose / David N.-S. Hon -- 5. Chemical Modification of Lignin / John J. Meister -- 6. Chemical Modification of Solid Wood / Hideaki Matsuda -- 7. Liquefaction of Wood / Mariko Yoshioka, Yaoguang Yao and Nobuo Shiraishi -- 8. Surface Modification and Activation of Wood / Makoto Kiguchi -- 9. Chemical Modification of Nonwood Lignocellulosics / Roger M. Rowell -- 10. Characterization of Chemically Modified Wood / Takato Nakano -- 11. Weathering of Chemically Modified Wood / David V. Plackett, Elizabeth A. Dunningham and Adya P. Singh -- 12. Physical and Mechanical Properties of Chemically Modified Wood / Roger M. Rowell -- 13. Viscoelastic Properties of Chemically Modified Wood / Misato Norimoto -- 14. Biological Properties of Chemically Modified Wood / Munezoh Takahashi.