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    Surface modification of Norway spruce wood by octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS) nanosol by dipping and water vapour diffusion properties of the OTS-modified wood

    Year: 2018

    Journal: Holzforschung, Volume 72, JAN, page 45–56

    Authors: Kumar, Anuj; Richter, Jan; Tywoniak, Jan; Hajek, Petr; Adamopoulos, Stergios; Segedin, Urban; Petric, Marko

    Organizations: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports within National Sustainability Programme I, the Czech Republic [LO1605]; Slovenian Research Agency [P4-0015]

    Keywords: hydrophobicity; octadecylthrichlorosilane (OTS); water vapour diffusion

    The present research deals with a simple dipping method to insert octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS) into cell walls of spruce wood and to deposit OTS layers on its inner and outer surfaces. Distribution and chemical interactions of OTS with wood polymers has been investigated by scanning electron microscopy-energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The OTS/n-hexane solution penetrated into wood via capillary forces through ray tracheids and bordered pits and was deposited as OTS organic-inorganic layers on wood cell walls. The hypothesis is supported by the results, according to which the OTS molecules are hydrolysed by the wood moisture and by free OH groups of the cell wall components. The hydrolysed OTS molecules react with the OH groups and elevate the hydrophobicity of wood.
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