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The Wood Materials Science Group

research focuses on biomimetic and chemical modification of wood and wood based materials. Our goal is to expand the utilization of wood by improving material performance, adding novel functionalities for high-​end technical applications and using the responsiveness of wood to humidity changes for new architectural elements. Our research is based on in-​depth analysis and characterization of physical and chemical mechanisms at the nano-​scale and their effect on performance of macro-​scale wood elements.


Head of the Professorship:

Prof. Dr. Ingo Burgert

The individual research groups are supervised by the following research group leaders:

Dr. Guido Panzarasa - Active and Adaptive Wood Materials

Dr. Mark Schubert - WoodTec @ EMPA

Dr. Falk Wittel - Complex Systems and Materials

News

New PhD student

New Paper: Reconstructing Poplar Wood into a High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Biocomposite

New Paper: Iron-Catalyzed Laser-Induced Graphitization – Multiscale Analysis of the Structural Evolution and Underlying Mechanism

New PostDoc researcher

New Paper: Structure-properties relationships of defined CNF single-networks crosslinked by telechelic PEGs

The Wood Materials Science Group

Wood Materials Science Group
Wood Materials Science Group