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 . 2020. Standard test method ASTM D 7998-19 for the cohesive strength development of wood adhesives.
• Zelinka, Samuel ; Houtman, Carl J.; Hirth, Kolby ; Lacher, Steven ; Lorenz, Linda ; Engelund Thybring, Emil ; Hunt, Christopher G. 2020. The effect of acetylation on iron uptake and diffusion in water saturated wood cell walls and implications for decay.
• Frihart, Charles R.; Pizzi, Antonio ; Xi, Xuedong ; Lorenz, Linda F. 2019. Reactions of soy flour and soy protein by non-volatile aldehydes generation by specific oxidation.
• 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.
• Jakes, Joseph E.; Frihart, Charles R.; Hunt, Christopher G.; Yelle, Daniel J.; Plaza, Nayomi Z.; Lorenz, Linda F.; Ching, Daniel J. 2018. Integrating multiscale studies of adhesive penetration into wood.
• 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.
• Plaza, Nayomi Z.; Jakes, Joseph E.; Frihart, Charles R.; Hunt, Christopher G.; Yelle, Daniel J.; Lorenz, Linda F.; Heller, William T.; Pingali, Sai Venkatesh; Stone, Donald S. 2017. Small-angle neutron scattering as a new 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.

Research Highlights

Highlight	Title	Year
FPL-2018-21	X-Ray Methods to Observe and Quantify Adhesive Penetration into Wood To accelerate development of new and improved wood adhesives for engineered wood products, researchers are working to understand the optimal adh ...	2018