Textile and Fiber-Reinforced Wood-Based Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Wood and plants are raw materials available worldwide. Their synthesis from carbon dioxide and water with the aid of light makes natural substances one of the largest suppliers of materials and a global factor in the Earth’s carbon dioxide sink and carbon dioxide cycle. This has led to increased attention on renewable raw materials in the fight against global warming and in building a sustainable economy.

What do we have to look forward to when sustainability efforts worldwide lead to the same conclusion that wood is the answer?

How much sustainability do we achieve if we want to preserve nature and give trees enough time to grow? How do we use resources strategically to make a strong contribution to sustainability, and how much is achieved thereafter? What insights and innovations do we need to achieve this? What do we need to pay attention to, and what do we need to avoid at all costs?

In this Special Issue, we give you the opportunity to answer these questions from your perspective and with your scientific research.

The focus is on wood, fibers, textiles, processes, and concepts as well as synthetic polymers as well as biopolymers that make a substantial contribution to the United Nations’ Sustainability Goals.

We are looking for fundamental and applied research on innovative materials, material combinations, and hybrid composites that clearly go beyond the state of the art and research and which offer improved properties, use fewer natural resources, and allow more biodiversity, while remaining environmentally friendly and also competitive.

Prof. Dr. Peer Haller
Guest Editor

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• wood
• fibers
• textiles
• processes and concepts
• synthetic polymers as well as biopolymers