Synthesis and properties of nanosized ZnO/wood composite
Abstract
The aim of the study was to synthesise a ZnO/silver birch wood (Bétula péndula) nanocomposite and evaluate its physical and mechanical properties in comparison with an unmodified natural polymer.
Using the sol-gel method, we synthesised almost spherical impurity-free zinc oxide nanoparticles with a predominant particle size of about 20 nm. Amorphous hydrated Zn(OH)2 was impregnated into the wood material at the gel formation stage. It resulted in the reaction of zinc hydroxide decomposition with the formation of ZnO nanoparticles in the wood as a nanoreactor.
The hydrophobic properties of the surface of ZnO/silver birch wood nanocomposite improved significantly (the contact angle of wetting doubled). Its moisture and water resistance decreased (2-5 times and 30%, respectively). The nanocomposite also showed less swelling in the radial (8-10 times) and tangential (2.6-10 times) directions in comparison with natural wood.
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