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Dr. Martin Nopens


Institute of Wood Research

Leuschnerstraße 91
21031 Hamburg-Bergedorf
Telephone
+ 49 40 73962 603
Email
martin.nopens@thuenen.de

Research area 4: Human Health and Consumer Protection

Fields of activity

  • Influences of tree growth conditions on technological wood properties 
  • Three-dimensional imaging of wood and wood-based materials by computed tomography
  • Studies on the structure, technological properties and usage of wood
  • Wood-water interaction (sorption on lignocellulosic materials - sorption measurements, swelling and shrinkage behaviour)

Projects

Contact Person for

  • Wood utilization in the future under the influence of climate change
  • Wood-water interactions
  • Long-term and moisture-dependent deformation behaviour of laminated veneer lumber (LVL)

Involved in

ongoing projects

  • Alternative timber to natural forest teak for shipbuilding
  • Origin-specific durability of coloured coniferous heartwoods

completed projects

  • Structural elucidation of wood by nano-tomography

Publications

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