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FOCUS However, it is worth conducting an in-depth analysis
of the structural changes that occur in wood under
the influence of modification with graphene oxide.
18 Mapping Three Decades Of Change In Tropical Laser-assisted ionisation spectroscopy (LIBS) was
Timber used to determine elements, and to characterise
A new ITTO study charts how economic shocks, differences in the elemental composition between
demographic trends, and the rise of plantations have the surface layers of wood impregnated with
transformed the sector. By Frances Maplesden graphene oxide and native wood. Changes in the
structure of polymers building wood tissue were
also analyze. By Izabela Betlej, Piotr Borysiuk,
22 ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report Małgorzata Nowacka and Piotr Boruszewski,
Export markets for wood-based products remained Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Wojciech
weak, but some improvements are expected in Skrzeczanowski, Barbara Nasiłowska and Aneta
2025. New cooperation between nations may Bombalska, Military University of Technology
present more business opportunities. ITTO shares
more about the latest in the timber market.
MATERIALS
TECHNOLOGY 47 Life Cycle Assessment As An Enabler Of An

Environmental Sustainability Strategy Evolution
37 Application And Function Of Laser-Induced Amid Institutional Pressures: A Best Practice
Breakdown Spectroscopy On Wood Surfaces From The Furniture Industry
Wood modification with graphene oxide can give Europe’s furniture industry is facing burgeoning
it unique features characteristic of other materials. pressures that are reinforcing one another. With