Adhesives
The "adhesives" group focuses on the fundamental understanding of all aspects regarding adhesive bonding of solid wood and wood particles of various sizes.
Activities comprise characterization and modification of adherent surfaces, interphases and adhesives. Adhesive development including formaldehyde free adhesives and renewable components, additives, adhesive adherent interaction, processes of adhesive application for (engineered) wood products, up to bond performance are topics of interest.
Selected Projects
Publications
Completed PhD Thesis
Dr. Elfriede Hogger
Technological properties of adhesives for industrial application
Dr. Pia Solt-Rindler
Alternative adhesive systems for wood panel application: bio-based and formaldehyde-free adhesives
Dr. Masumeh Ghorbani
Lignin-Phenol Formaldehyde adhesives
Dr. Stefan Bockel
Fundamental relationships as base for optimization of adhesive bond performance of hardwood in structural application
in cooperation with Bern University of Applied Sciences, Biel, Prof. Niemz, Prof. Pichelin
Dr. Sabine Herzele
Interface properties of lignocellulosic fibers and synthetic polymers
Dr. Axel Solt-Rindler
The significance of bond region micromechanics on the moisture related dimensional stability of thin wooden multi-layered panels
Dr. Claudia Gusenbauer
Chemical force microscopy for the characterization of functionalized renewable materials
Dr. Bernd Lütkemeier
Adhesive bonding of modified solid wood
(co-supervised at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Prof. Militz)