
ANTTI HAAPALA
Associate Professor
Research focus is on wood and woody biomass as a part of forest bioeconomy, including residues with the aim of introducing novel and green solution to wood modification, preservation, fire retardancy and chemical biorefining pathways. In addition, special emphasis is on novel fiber processing applications, analysis and refining into e.g. nanocelluloses.
Contact info
Organization
Faculty of Science and Forestry, School of Forest Sciences
antti.haapala@uef.fi
Phone
+358 44 520 2849
Keywords
Research groups and research projects
Wood Materials Science group works on e.g.:
– SARS-CoV-2 resilience and transmittance from solid material surfaces of built environment (Academy of Finland 2020-2021)
– Effect of climate change on building design and indoor health (Academy of Finland 2020-2023)
– Development of UEF services on wood conversion and analysis for local SMEs (ERDF BIOPartnerit 2019-2020)
– Development of joint European Bioeconomy education at MSc level (Erasmus+ ABBEE and EBU actions 2019-2021)
– Bio-preservation of wood using tannin-nanocellulose complexes and pyrolysis distillates
– Fire retardancy of wood
– Thermo-mechanical modification of wood (joint study with Natural Resources Institute Finland)
– Investigations on Thermowood wetting and weathering phenomena (joint study with Natural Resources Institute Finland)
– Microfibrillation and chemical modification of cellulose (joint study with University of Oulu)
– Hardwood genetics and climate adaptation – effect to morphology, fiber properties and bark chemistry
Research groups
Publications
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Properties of crude tall oil impregnated Scots pine posts after a nine-year soil contact test. Pakhrin, Manish; Haapala, Antti / -. 2021. 2021
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Barbero-López, Aitor; Hossain, Mokbul; Haapala, Antti. 2020. Antifungal activity of organic acids and their impact on wood decay resistance Wood and fiber science 52 4: 410-418. 2020
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Barbero-López, Aitor; Monzó-Beltrán, Juanjo; Virjamo, Virpi; Akkanen, Jarkko; Haapala, Antti. 2020. Revalorization of coffee silverskin as a potential feedstock for antifungal chemicals in wood preservation International biodeterioration and biodegradation 152: 105011. 2020
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Cai, Chenyang; Haapala, Antti; Rahman, Mohammad Habibur; Tiitta, Markku; Tiitta, Valtteri; Tomppo, Laura; Lappalainen, Reijo; Herajärvi, Henrik. 2020. Effects of two-year weather exposure on thermally modified Picea abies, Pi nus sylvestris, and Fraxinus excelsior wood Canadian journal of forest research-revue canadienne de recherche forestiere 50 11: 1160-1171. 2020
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Cai, Chenyang; Javed, Muhammad Asadullah; Komulainen, Sanna; Telkki, Ville-Veikko; Haapala, Antti; Herajärvi, Henrik. 2020. Effect of natural weathering on water absorption and pore size distribution in thermally modified wood determined by nuclear magnetic resonance Cellulose 2020; 27: 4235-4247. 2020
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Characterization of spruce log soaking water and their antifungal and wood preserving properties. Barbero-López, Aitor; Vek, Viljem; Virjamo, Virpi; Poljanšek, Ida; Humar, Miha; Oven, Primož; Haapala, Antti / Proceedings of the 2020 Society of Wood Science and Technology International Convention "Renewable Resources for a Sustainable and Healthy Future". 2020. 2020
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Haapala, Antti. 2020. Puualan yritysten ja tutkimusyhteisön yhteistyöhön piristystä Pohjois-Karjalassa Puumies 65 1: 30. 2020
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Levanic, Jaka; Senk, Vladimira Petrovic; Nadrah, Peter; Poljansek, Ida; Oven, Primoz; Haapala, Antti. 2020. Analyzing TEMPO-Oxidized Cellulose Fiber Morphology: New Insights into Optimization of the Oxidation Process and Nanocellulose Dispersion Quality Acs sustainable chemistry and engineering 8 48: 17752-17762. 2020
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Zhao, Qing; Mäkinen, Marko; Haapala, Antti; Jänis, Janne. 2020. Thermochemical conversion of birch bark by temperature-programmed slow pyrolysis with fractional condensation Journal of analytical and applied pyrolysis 150: 104843. 2020
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Barbero-López, Aitor; Akkanen, Jarkko; Lappalainen, Reijo; Peräniemi, Sirpa; Haapala, Antti. 2020. Bio-based wood preservatives: Their efficiency, leaching and ecotoxicity compared to a commercial wood preservative Science of the total environment 753: 142013. 2020