Historical Wood: Structure, Properties and Conservation
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Wood Science and Forest Products".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2021) | Viewed by 50105
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wood structure and composition; wood characterisation; wood conservation and preservation; waterlogged archaeological wood; structure–function relations; wood decay; organosilicons in wood conservation
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: wood modification; wood-water relations; wood protection; wood decay; dimensional stabilisation; life cycle assessment; carbon flow analysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nowadays, the majority of research concentrates on applied science that regards issues crucial from the socio-economical perspective, such as new functional materials and super-efficient technologies, clean energy, improvement of human health or tackling climate change. However, we cannot forget about our culture and history which define our humanity. Wooden cultural heritage is an integral part of it. We are obliged to protect it, save from oblivion and preserve it for future generations.
This Special Issue will present the new methods for conservation of historical wooden artefacts, reliable modern techniques for characterisation of the wood structure, properties and degree of degradation, and discuss problems and doubts related to all aspects of conservation and re-conservation of wooden cultural heritage. We highly encourage contributions to this Special Issue from all relevant fields, in the form of both original and review articles.
Dr. Magdalena Broda
Prof. Dr. Callum A. S. Hill
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- waterlogged wood
- archaeological wood
- wood conservation
- wooden artefacts
- wood degradation
- wood structure
- historical wood