Wood Modification as a Tool to Understand Moisture in Wood

Moisture plays a central role in the performance of wood products because it affects important material properties such as resistance to decomposition, mechanical properties, and dimensions. To improve performance, wide range modification techniques that alter chemistry various ways have been described literature. Typically, these modifications aim dimensional stability, or, introduce novel functionalities wood. However, can also be an tool our understanding interactions between moisture. In this review, we describe current knowledge gaps moisture how has could used clarify some gaps. This review shows introducing specific chemical changes, even controlling distribution these, combination with variety experimental methods available for characterization wood, give insights into interaction Such further contribute applications several related fields research enhance moisture-induced wooden actuators, or utilization biomass challenging swelling anisotropy.