Rebecca E. Ibach, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Rebecca E. Ibach, Craig M. Clemons. 2024. Fungal and moisture durability of wood–plastic composites: summarizing 20 years of Forest Products Laboratory research
• Nayomi Z. Plaza, Sai Venkatesh Pingali, Rebecca E. Ibach. 2022. Nanostructural Changes Correlated to Decay Resistance of Chemically Modified Wood Fibers
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Nayomi Z. Plaza, Sai Venkatesh. Pingali. 2022. Small Angle Neutron Scattering Reveals Wood Nanostructural Features in Decay Resistant Chemically Modified Wood
• Nayomi Z. Plaza, Rebecca E. Ibach, Sai Venkatesh Pingali. 2021. Probing the nanostructural mechanisms behind decay resistance of chemically modified wood using small angle neutron scattering
• Charles R. Frihart, Rishawn Brandon, Rebecca E. Ibach, Christopher G. Hunt, Wolfgang Gindl-Altmutter. 2021. Comparative Adhesive Bonding of Wood Chemically Modified with either Acetic Anhydride or Butylene Oxide
• Nayomi Z. Plaza, Rebecca E. Ibach, Laura Hasburgh, Michael Taylor. 2021. Using Thermal Neutron Imaging in Forest Products Research
• Rebecca E. Ibach. 2021. Chapter 19: Specialty treatments
• Umesh P. Agarwal, Richard Reiner, Sally Ralph, Jeffery Catchmark, Kai Chi, E. Johan Foster, Christopher G. Hunt, Carlos Baez, Rebecca E. Ibach, Kolby Hirth. 2021. Characterization of the supramolecular structures of cellulose nanocrystals of different origins
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Roger M. Rowell. 2021. USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory: Acetylation of Wood 1945–1966
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Craig M. Clemons, Nicole M. Stark. 2020. Long-term field exposure of wood-plastic composites processed on a commercial-size extruder
• Grant T. Kirker, Rebecca E. Ibach. 2019. The life and work of Bruce Johnson at the Forest Products Laboratory and in the American Wood Protection Association
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Nayomi Z. Plaza. 2019. Using x-ray scattering to elucidate the mechanisms behind the moisture and fungal decay resistance of epoxybutene modified wood
• RM Rowell, Rebecca E. Ibach. 2018. Stable and durable wood products based on molecular modification
• Umesh P. Agarwal, Sally Ralph, Richard Reiner, Christopher G. Hunt, Carlos Baez, Rebecca E. Ibach, Kolby Hirth. 2018. Production of high lignin-containing and lignin-free cellulose nanocrystals from wood
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Yusuf Sudo Hadi, Craig M. Clemons, Yusuf Sulaeman. 2018. Termite resistance of wood-plastic composites made with acetylated wood flour, coupling agent or zinc borate
• Babar Hassan, Sohail Ahmed, Mark E. Mankowski, Grant T. Kirker, Rebecca E. Ibach, Muhammad Misbah ul Haq. 2018. Effects of Teak, Tectona grandis Linn, heartwood extractives against Heterotermes indicola (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
• Charles R. Frihart, Rishawn Brandon, James Beecher, Rebecca E. Ibach. 2017. Adhesives for Achieving Durable Bonds with Acetylated Wood
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Craig M. Clemons. 2017. Long term durability of wood-plastic composites made with chemically modified wood
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Craig M. Clemons, George Chen. 2017. The use of new, aqueous chemical wood modifications to improve the durability of wood-plastic composites
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Marek Gnatowski, Grace Sun, Jessie A. Glaeser, Mathew Leung, John Haight. 2017. Laboratory and environmental decay of wood–plastic composite boards: flexural properties
• Grace Sun, Rebecca E. Ibach, Meghan Faillace, Marek Gnatowski, Jessie A. Glaeser, John Haight. 2016. Laboratory and exterior decay of wood plastic composite boards: voids analysis and computed tomography
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Grace Sun, Marek Gnatowski, Jessie A. Glaeser, Mathew Leung, John Haight. 2016. Exterior Decay of Wood-Plastic Composite Boards: Characterization and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Charles R. Frihart, Daniel J. Yelle, Rebecca E. Ibach. 2015. Wood properties influence bond durability
• Marek Gnatowski, Rebecca E. Ibach, Mathew Leung, Grace Sun. 2014. Magnetic resonance imaging used for the evaluation of water presence in wood plastic composite boards exposed to exterior conditions
• Nural Yilgor, Coskun Kose, Evren Terzi, Aysel Kanturk Figen, Rebecca E. Ibach, S. Nami Kartal, Sabriye Piskin. 2014. Degradation Behavior and Accelerated Weathering of Composite Boards Produced from Waste Tetra Pak® Packaging Materials
• Yao Chen, Nicole M. Stark, Zhiyong Cai, Charles R. Frihart, Linda F. Lorenz, Rebecca E. Ibach. 2014. Chemical Modification of Kraft Lignin: Effect on Chemical and Thermal Properties
• Yao Chen, Mandla A. Tshabalala, Jianmin Gao, Nicole M. Stark, Yongming Fan, Rebecca E. Ibach. 2014. Thermal behavior of extracted and delignified pine wood flour
• Grace Sun, Rebecca E. Ibach, Marek Gnatowski, Jessie A. Glaeser, Mathew Leung, John Haight. 2014. Modern Instrumental Methods to Investigate the Mechanism of Biological Decay in Wood Plastic Composites
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Yao Chen, Nicole M. Stark, Mandla A. Tshabalala, Yongming Fan, Jianmin Gao. 2014. Decay resistance of wood-plastic composites reinforced with extracted or delignified wood flour
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Patricia K. Lebow. 2014. Strength loss in decayed wood
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Marek Gnatowski, Grace Sun. 2013. Field and Laboratory Decay Evaluations of wood-plastic Composites
• Ronald C. Sabo, Liwei Jin, Nicole M. Stark, Rebecca E. Ibach. 2013. Effect of environmental conditions on the mechanical properties and fungal degradation of polycaprolactone/microcrystalline cellulose/wood flour composites
• Craig M. Clemons, Julia Sedlmair, Barbara L. Illman, Rebecca E. Ibach, Carol Hirschmugl. 2013. Chemically imaging the effects of the addition of nanofibrillated cellulose on the distribution of poly(acrylic acid) in poly(vinyl alcohol)
• Rebecca E. Ibach. 2013. Chapter 5:Biological Properties of Wood
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Roger M. Rowell. 2012. Chapter 16 Lumen Modification
• B. Kristoffer Segerholm, Rebecca E. Ibach, Magnus E.P. Wålinder. 2012. Moisture Sorption in Artificially aged wood-plastic composites
• B. Kristoffer Segerholm, Rebecca E. Ibach, Mats Westin. 2012. Moisture Sorption, Biological Durability, and Mechanical Performance of WPC Containing Modified Wood and Polylactates
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Stan Lebow. 2012. Wood preservative testing
• S. Olsson, E. Ostmark, Rebecca E. Ibach, Craig M. Clemons, K.B. Segerholm, F. Englund. 2011. The Use of Esterified Lignin for Synthesis of Durable Composites
• George Chen, Rebecca E. Ibach. 2010. Synthesis and evaluation of dioctylaminoborate in wood for brown rot decay protection
• George Chen, Rebecca E. Ibach. 2010. Laboratory evaluation of borate/amine/zinc formulations for fungal decay protection
• Rebecca E. Ibach. 2010. Specialty treatments
• Roger M. Rowell, Rebecca E. Ibach, Thomas Nilsson. 2010. Wood durability and stability without toxicity
• Rebecca E. Ibach. 2010. Durability of wood-plastic composite lumber
• Roger M. Rowell, Rebecca E. Ibach, James McSweeny, Thomas Nilsson. 2009. Understanding decay resistance, dimensional stability and strength changes in heat treated and acetylated wood
• Richard Bergman, Rebecca E. Ibach, Constantine LaPasha, Joseph Denig. 2009. Evaluating physical property changes for small-diameter, plantation-grown southern pine after in situ polymerization of an acrylic monomer
• Roger M. Rowell, Rebecca E. Ibach, James McSweeny, Thomas Nilsson. 2009. Understanding decay resistance, dimensional stability and strength changes in heat treated and acetylated wood
• Anke Schirp, Rebecca E. Ibach, David E. Pendleton, Michael P. Wolcott. 2008. Biological degradation of wood-plastic composites (WPC) and strategies for improving the resistance of WPC against biological decay
• Christopher G. Hunt, Rishawn Brandon, Rebecca E. Ibach, Charles R. Frihart. 2007. What does bonding to modified wood tell us about adhesion?
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Craig M. Clemons, Rebecca Schumann. 2007. Wood-plastic composites with reduced moisture : effects of chemical modification on durability in the laboratory and field
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Craig M. Clemons. 2006. Effect of acetylated wood flour or coupling agent on moisture, UV, and biological resistance of extruded woodfiber-plastic composites
• Rishawn Brandon, Rebecca E. Ibach, Charles R. Frihart. 2005. Effects of chemically modified wood on bond durability
• Rebecca E. Ibach. 2005. Biological properties
• Rebecca E. Ibach, W. Dale Ellis. 2005. Lumen modifications
• Stephen S. Kelley, Roger M. Rowell, Mark Davis, Cheryl K. Jurich, Rebecca E. Ibach. 2004. Rapid analysis of the chemical composition of agricultural fibers using near infrared spectroscopy and pyrolysis molecular beam mass spectrometry
• Craig M. Clemons, Rebecca E. Ibach. 2004. Effects of processing method and moisture history on laboratory fungal resistance of wood-HDPE composites.
• Craig M. Clemons, Rebecca E. Ibach. 2003. Application of laboratory fungal resistance tests to solid wood and wood-plastic composite
• Rebecca E. Ibach. 2003. Wood preservation
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Craig M. Clemons, Nicole M. Stark. 2003. Combined ultraviolet and water exposure as a preconditioning method in laboratory fungal durability testing
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Roger M. Rowell, Sandra E. Lange, Rebecca Schumann. 2002. Effect of wet-dry cycling on the decay properties of aspen fiber high-density polypropylene composites.
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Craig M. Clemons. 2002. Biological resistance of polyethylene composites made with chemically modified fiber or flour
• Craig M. Clemons, Rebecca E. Ibach. 2002. Laboratory tests on fungal resistance of wood filled polyethylene composites
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Beom-Goo Lee. 2002. The effect on biological and moisture resistance of epichlorohydrin chemically modified wood
• Rebecca E. Ibach. 2001. Wood preservation based on in situ polymerization of bioactive monomers: Part 1. Synthesis of bioactive monomers, wood treatments and microscopic analysis
• Rebecca E. Ibach. 2001. Wood preservation based on in situ polymerization of bioactive monomers: Part 2. fungal resistance and thermal properties of treated wood.
• Rebecca E. Ibach. 2000. Decay protection based on moisture exclusion resulting from chemical modification of wood
• Roger M. Rowell, Rebecca E. Ibach. 2000. Improvements in decay resistance based on moisture exclusion
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Yusuf Sudo Hadi, Dodi Nandika, Sulaeman Yusuf, Yuliati Indrayani. 2000. Termite and fungal resistance of in situ polymerized tributyltin acrylate and acetylated Indonesian and USA wood
• Rebecca E. Ibach. 1999. Wood preservation
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Roger M. Rowell. 1995. Low polymer levels containing bioactive monomer polymerized in situ provide resistance to Gloeophyllum trabeum
• Eduardo Agosan, Robert A. Blanchette, Herman Silva, Catherine Lapierre, Kory R. Cease, Rebecca E. Ibach, André R. Abad, Pedro Muga. 1990. Characterization of palo podrido, a natural process of delignification in wood
• T.K. Kirk, T.L. Highley, Rebecca E. Ibach, Michael Mozuch. 1989. Identification of terminal structures in cellulose degraded by the brown-rot fungus Postia placenta

• University of Wisconsin Madison, Ph.D., Wood Chemistry