Open AccessMoisture- and mould-proof characteristics of surface modified wood for musical instrument soundboards
Author(s) -
Caiping Xu,
Zhenbo Liu,
Xingyun Li,
Wanli Li
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
royal society open science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 51
ISSN - 2054-5703
DOI - 10.1098/rsos.210790
Subject(s) - materials science , polyurethane , moisture , composite material , musical instrument , fabrication , process (computing) , engineered wood , pulp and paper industry , computer science , acoustics , engineering , medicine , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , operating system
Wood is the main material used for musical instrument soundboard fabrication, for practical and cultural reasons. As a natural material, however, wood is easily degraded due to moisture or fungal corrosion. Most traditional wood protection methods were devised for structural materials, and may thus not be suitable for application in musical instrument soundboard materials. In the current study, a novel nanomaterial-based modification method was applied to wood. The surface of wood was coated with polyurethane and MgAl-layered double hydroxide nanosheets after a convenient impregnation process. The modified wood exhibited improved hydrophobicity and mould-resistance, while maintaining its acoustic properties. This modified wood may facilitate the construction of soundboards with longer lifespans.