Work

Wood-based Sugar- Derived Adhesives

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Sugar-based chemicals are considered as building blocks for a wide range of products, from additives to plastics to cosmetics, and are generally recognised as safe (GRAS) materials. Deriving sugars from biomass, specifically from side- and waste-streams of the biomass industry, allows to expand the utilisation level of related materials and decrease the carbon footprint of the industry, while also giving a push to a new technologies and applications. Sugar-based glues have been reported previously as a suitable binders for plywood, with good durability and water-resistance. [1] In this work we produce a number of wood- derived sugar-based crosslinkable adhesive formulations and test them in application to different materials on a lab-scale. The goal is to produce adhesives, that would be safe for use as food grade materials.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17242705

Authors: Koso, Tetyana, King, Alistair W.T, Orelma, Hannes

Institution: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Language: English

Topic: Wood Treatment and Properties

Subfield: Building and Construction

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Responsible consumption and production

Open Access status: green

Funder: European Commission