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Advanced Glasses, Composites and Ceramics for High-Growth Industries (CoACH) was a European Training Network (ETN) project (http://www.coach-etn.eu/) funded by the Horizon 2020 program. CoACH involved multiple actors in the innovation ecosystem for advanced materials, composed of five universities and ten enterprises in seven different European countries. The project studied the next generation of materials that could bring innovation in the healthcare, construction, and energy sectors, among others, from new bioactive glasses for bone implants to eco-friendly cements and new environmentally friendly thermoelectrics for energy conversion. The novel materials developed in the CoACH project pave the way for innovative products, improved cost competitiveness, and positive environmental impact. The present Special Issue contains 14 papers resulting from the CoACH project, showcasing the breadth of materials and processes developed during the project.

graphitization --- wood-derived biocarbon --- thermal conductivity --- Thermoelectrics --- GeTe --- Al-doping --- Ba-doping --- loss of band convergence --- lowered zT --- geopolymer composite --- wastes incorporation --- cellulose fibers --- cellulose modification --- solid-liquid interdiffusion (SLID) bonding --- transient-liquid phase bonding (TLPB) --- skutterudite --- high-temperature thermoelectric material --- joining --- glass recycling --- alkali activation --- gel casting --- glass foams --- phosphate glass --- oxyfluoride phosphate glass --- Er2O3-doped particles --- direct particle doping --- Er3+ luminescence property --- glass–ceramic --- shear strength --- elastic modulus --- SOFC --- SOEC --- SOC --- mechanical strength --- flexural biaxial test --- ball-on-3-balls test --- fractography --- residual stresses --- evanescent wave optical fiber sensors --- diffusion --- glass fiber-reinforced polymers --- testing and aging --- Zinc --- silver-doped mesoporous glass --- chitosan --- PCL --- Vicryl Plus suture --- dip coating --- polydopamine --- silver --- antibacterial --- biocompatibility --- bioactive glass-ceramic --- coatings --- Thermoelectrics --- oxidation resistance --- hybrid-coating --- alkali activation --- inorganic gel casting --- glass–ceramic foams --- waste glass --- fly ash --- PMCs --- GFRPs --- seawater exposure --- diffusion --- ageing --- accelerated testing --- gravimetric --- DMA

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Wood composites have shown very good performance, and substantial service lives when correctly specified for the exposure risks present. Selection of an appropriate product for the job should be accompanied by decisions about the appropriate protection, whether this is by design, by preservative treatment or by wood modification techniques. This Special Issue, Advances in Wood Composites presents recent progress in enhancing and refining the performance and properties of wood composites by chemical and thermal modification and the application of smart nanomaterials, which have made them a particular area of interest for researchers. In addition, it reviews some important aspects in the field of wood composites, with particular focus on their materials, applications, and engineering and scientific advances, including solutions inspired biomimetrically by the structure of wood and wood composites. This Special Issue, with a collection of 13 original contributions, provides selected examples of recent Advances in Wood Composites

wood --- thermal modification --- mechanical properties --- dimensional stability --- color --- chemical structure --- VOCs --- alder plywood --- high-density polyethylene film --- bending strength --- modulus of elasticity in bending --- shear strength --- thickness swelling --- water absorption --- activation volume --- creep behavior --- sol-gel process --- stepped isostress method --- wood-inorganic composites --- wood adhesive --- tunnel-structured --- sepiolite --- rapid formaldehyde release --- wood plastic composite --- graphene nano-platelets --- thermal property --- mechanical property --- water-based UV curing coating --- coating amount --- surface properties --- polyurethane-acrylate --- oak (Quercus alba L.) --- bamboo --- carbothermal reduction --- ceramic --- silicon carbide --- sol–gel process --- thermal modification --- nanocompounds --- mechanical and physical properties --- cellulose --- crystallinity --- biorefinery lignin --- wood panels --- sustainable adhesives --- adhesive penetration --- particleboard properties --- formaldehyde emissions --- bamboo --- chemical modification --- dimensional stability --- dynamic thermodynamic --- acetic anhydride --- methyl methacrylate --- polymer-triticale boards --- thermoplastic polymers --- straw --- hydrophobicity --- mechanical properties --- oriented strand lumber (OSL) --- nanowollastonite --- mechanical and physical properties --- UF resin --- buckling --- WPC --- HDPE --- Southwell’s method --- finite element analysis --- Abaqus --- aquacultural --- structural analysis --- wood --- plastic --- composite --- n/a