Timothy Rials
USDA Forest Service
Southern Research Station
2500 Shreveport Highway
Pineville, LA 71360
email: trials@fs.fed.us
Phone: (318) 473-7276
Title:
Faculty Associate in Forest Resources
Degrees:
B.S., 1980, Mississippi State
University (Forestry)
M.S., 1983, Virginia Tech
University (Wood Science & Technology)
Ph.D., 1986, Virginia Tech
University (Wood Science & Technology)
Current Research Interests:
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Interfacial structure and properties of wood-polymer composites
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Surface characteristics of mechanical pulp fibers
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Applications of near infrared spectroscopy to wood quality and process
monitoring
Selected Publications:
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Rials, T.G. and M.P. Wolcott. 2001. Interfacial Contributions
in Lignocellulosic Fiber Reinforced Polyurethane Composites. Journal
of Applied Polymer Science, 80(4):546-555.
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Harper, D., M.P. Wolcott and T.G. Rials. 2001. Evaluation of
Cure Kinetics of the Wood/pMDI Bondline. International Journal
of Adhesion and Adhesives. 21(2):137-144.
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Rials, T.G. and J. Simonsen. 2000. Monitoring Interphase Development
in Wood-Polymer Composites by Inverse Gas Chromatography. Composite
Interfaces, 7(2):81-92.
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Rials, T.G. and M.P. Wolcott. 1998. Morphology and Properties
of Wood Fiber-Based Polyurethane Composites. Journal of Materials
Science - Letters, 17(4):317-319.
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Liu, F.-P., T.G. Rials, and J. Simonsen. 1998. Relationship
of Wood Surface Energy to Surface Composition. Langmuir, 14(8):536-541.
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