Featured Publications & Products

• Birkeland, Michael J.; Lorenz, Linda; Wescott, James M.; Frihart, Charles R. 2010. Determination of native (wood derived) formaldehyde by the desiccator method in particleboards generated during panel production.
• Lorenz, Linda F.; Frihart, Charles R.; Wescott, James M. 2007. Chromatographic analysis of the reaction of soy flour with formaldehyde and phenol for wood adhesives.
• Lorenz, Linda F.; Frihart, Charles. 2006. Adhesive bonding of wood treated with ACQ and copper azole preservatives.
• Weimer, P. J.; Koegel, R. G.; Lorenz, Linda F.; Frihart, Charles R.; Kenealy, William R. 2005. Wood adhesives prepared from lucerne fiber fermentation residues of Ruminococcus albus and Clostridium thermocellum.

Patents

• Weimer, Paul; Lorenz, Linda; Conner, Anthony; Frihart, Charles. 2010. Wood Adhesives Containing Solid Residues of Biomass Fermentations.

Publications

• Frihart, Charles R.; Lorenz, Linda F. 2019. Specific oxidants improve the wood bonding strength of soy and other plant flours.
• Hunt, Christopher G.; Zelinka, Samuel L.; Frihart, Charles R.; Lorenz, Linda ; Yelle, Daniel ; Gleber, Sophie-Charlotte ; Vogt, Stefan ; Jakes, Joseph E. 2018. Acetylation increases relative humidity threshold for ion transport in wood cell walls a means to understanding decay resistance.
• Zelinka, Samuel L.; Bourne, Keith J.; Glass, Samuel V; Boardman, Charles R.; Lorenz, Linda ; Thybring, Emil Engelund. 2018. Apparatus for gravimetric measurement of moisture sorption isotherms for 1-100 g samples in parallel.
• Frihart, Charles R.; Lorenz, Linda F. 2018. Protein adhesives.
• Jakes, Joseph E.; Frihart, Charles R.; Hunt, Christopher G.; Yelle, Daniel J.; Plaza, Nayomi Z.; Lorenz, Linda ; Grigsby, Warren ; Ching, Daniel J.; Kamke, Fred ; Gleber, Sophie-Charlotte ; Vogt, Stefan ; Xiao, Xianghui . 2018. X-ray methods to observe and quantify adhesive penetration into wood.
• Hunt, Christopher G.; Lacher, Steven; Hirth, Kolby; Lorenz, Linda; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2017. Exploring the hypothesis that limiting diffusion of fungal oxidants underlies decay resistance in acetylated wood.
• Jakes, Joseph E.; Frihart, Charles R.; Hunt, Christopher G.;  Yelle, Daniel J.; Plaza, Nayomi ; Lorenz, Linda ; Ching, Daniel J. 2017. Integrating multi-scale studies of adhesive penetration into wood.
• Plaza, Nayomi Z.; Jakes, Joseph E.; Frihart, Charles R.; Hunt, Christopher G.; Yelle, Daniel J.; Lorenz, Linda F. 2017. Small angle neutron scattering as a tool to evaluate moisture-induced swelling in the nanostructure of chemically modified wood cell walls.
• Lorenz, Linda; Birkeland, Michael; Daurio, Chera; Frihart, Charles R. 2015. Soy Flour Adhesive Strength Compared with That of Purified Soy Proteins*.
• Jakes, Joseph E.; Hunt, Christopher G.; Yelle, Daniel J.; Lorenz, Linda; Hirth, Kolby; Gleber, Sophie-Charlotte; Vogt, Stefan; Grigsby, Warren; Frihart, Charles R. 2015. Synchrotron-based X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy in Conjunction with Nanoindentation to Study Molecular-Scale Interactions of Phenol Formaldehyde in Wood Cell Walls.
• Chen, Yao; Stark, Nicole M.; Cai, Zhiyong; Frihart, Charles R.; Lorenz, Linda F.; Ibach, Rebecca E. 2014. Chemical Modification of Kraft Lignin: Effect on Chemical and Thermal Properties.
• Frihart, Charles R.; Lorenz, Linda F. 2013. Comparing Soy Flour Wood Adhesives to Purified Soy Protein Adhesives.
• Chen, Yao; Frihart, Charles R.; Cai, Zhiyong; Lorenz, Linda F.; Stark, Nicole M. 2013. Lignin-based Phenol-Formaldehyde Resins from Purified CO2 Precipitated Kraft lignin (PCO2KL).
• Chen, Yao; Frihart, Charles R.; Cai, Zhiyong; Lorenz, Linda F.; Stark, Nicole M. 2013. Lignin-based Phenol-Formalehyde Resins from Purified CO2 Precipitated Kraft Lignin (PCO2KL).
• Frihart, Charles R.; Lorenz, Linda. 2013. Protein Modifiers Generally Provide Limited Improvement in Wood Bond Strength of Soy Flour Adhesives.
• Xu, Yuzhi; Wang, Chunpeng; Chu, Fuxiang; Frihart, Charles R.; Lorenz, Linda F.; Stark, Nicole M. 2012. Chemical Modification of Soy Flour Protein and its Properties.
• Lorenz, Linda; Frihart, Charles R.; Wescott, James M. 2005. Analysis of soy flour/phenol-formaldehyde adhesives for bonding wood.
• Wescott, James M.; Traska, Amy; Frihart, Charles R.; Lorenz, Linda. 2005. Durable soy-based adhesive dispersions.
• Conner, Anthony H.; Lorenz, Linda F.; Hirth, Kolby C. 2002. Accelerated cure of phenol-formaldehyde resins : studies with model compounds.
• Lorenz, Linda F.; Conner, Anthony C. 2000. Accelerated cure of phenol-formaldehyde by the addition of cure accelerators : studies with model compounds.
• Baumann, Melissa G. D.; Lorenz, Linda F.; Batterman, Stuart A.; Zhang, Guo-Zheng. 2000. Aldehyde emissions from particleboard and medium density fiberboard products.
• Conner, Anthony H.; Lorenz, Linda F. 1986. Carbohydrate modified phenol-formaldehyde resins.