Towards high performance wood composites through interface customization with cellulose-based adhesive

Kelu Ni; Chuanyin Liu; Hongxing Yang; Chang Liu; Byung-Dae Park; Jiaojiao Yu; Chunyan Yin; Xin Ran; Jianyong Wan; Mizi Fan; Guanben Du; Long Yang

doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131053

Towards high performance wood composites through interface customization with cellulose-based adhesive

Int J Biol Macromol. 2024 Apr;265(Pt 2):131053. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131053. Epub 2024 Mar 22.

Authors

Kelu Ni¹, Chuanyin Liu¹, Hongxing Yang¹, Chang Liu², Byung-Dae Park³, Jiaojiao Yu¹, Chunyan Yin¹, Xin Ran¹, Jianyong Wan¹, Mizi Fan⁴, Guanben Du⁵, Long Yang⁶

Affiliations

¹ Yunnan Province Key Lab of Wood Adhesives and Glued Products, International Joint Research Center for Biomass Materials, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China; Yunnan International Joint R&D Center of Wood and Bamboo Biomass Materials, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China.
² College of Chemical Science and Engineering, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China.
³ Department of Wood and Paper Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea.
⁴ College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences, Brunel University London, UK. Electronic address: mizi.fan@brunel.ac.uk.
⁵ Yunnan Province Key Lab of Wood Adhesives and Glued Products, International Joint Research Center for Biomass Materials, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China; Yunnan International Joint R&D Center of Wood and Bamboo Biomass Materials, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China. Electronic address: guanben@swfu.edu.cn.
⁶ Yunnan Province Key Lab of Wood Adhesives and Glued Products, International Joint Research Center for Biomass Materials, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China; Yunnan International Joint R&D Center of Wood and Bamboo Biomass Materials, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China. Electronic address: lyang@swfu.edu.cn.

PMID: 38521299
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131053

Abstract

How to efficiently produce high performance plywood is of particular interest, while its sensitivity to moisture is overcome. This paper presents a simple and scalable strategy for the preparation of high-performance plywood based on the chemical bonding theory; a wood interfacial functionalized platform (WIFP) based on (3-aminopropyl) triethoxysilane (APTES) was established. Interestingly, the APTES-enhanced dialdehyde cellulose-based adhesive (DAC-APTES) was able to effectively establish chemically active adhesive interfaces; the dry/wet shear strength of WIFP/DAC-APTES adhesive was 3.15/1.31 MPa, which was much higher than 0.7 MPa (GB/T 9846-2015). The prepared plywood showed excellent wood-polymer interface adhesion, which exceeded the force that the wood itself could withstand. In addition, the DAC-APTES adhesive exhibits moisture evaporation-induced curing behavior at room temperature and can easily support the weight of an adult weighing 65.7 Kg. This research provides a novel approach for functionalized interface design of wood products, an effective means to prepare high-performance plywood.

Keywords: Cellulose-based adhesive; Chemical bonding theory; Wood interface functionalization platforms.

MeSH terms

Adult
Cellulose*
Humans
Polymers
Propylamines
Silanes*
Wood*

Substances

Cellulose
Polymers
amino-propyl-triethoxysilane
Propylamines
Silanes