Potentials of siliebased formulations for wood protection .
WEBSilica or silicaprecursor systems are attractive for the protection of wood against biotic and abiotic damages and for improvement of the fire resistance. Alkali metal silie solutions, also known as water glasses, colloidal silica (nanosilica dispersions) and other inorganic–organic hybrids resulting from the solgel chemistry of alkoxysilane .