Electromagnetic Induction Heating Initiates Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass to Produce Energy and High Value Chemicals
Available online 14 October 2026
The green and sustainable production of biomass energy and high-value-added chemicals is a key strategy for addressing the energy crisis and climate change. As a highly efficient, energy-saving, and...
Transparent Colouring of Wood: A Review
Available online 13 October 2026
Wood staining is a surface treatment technique for wood that has been used for years in the woodcraft, art, and woodworking industries to imitate the appearance of more valuable wood species, to unify...
From anthraquinone to teak wood quinones: Redox additive candidates for alkaline pulping
Available online 10 October 2026
Alkaline pulping removes lignin while retaining the cellulose and hemicelluloses that determine pulp yield and quality. Anthraquinone (AQ) became an essential benchmark cooking additive because its...
Biomass-Derived Carbon Bioproducts for Rechargeable Batteries: Conversion Strategies, Functional Properties, and Scalability
Available online 10 October 2026
Biomass-derived biocarbon is emerging as a scalable, low-impact alternative to fossil carbons for battery electrodes in the context of rising electricity demand and strict climate targets. Converting...
Ultra-strong, Shapeable and Water-Stable Wood via Room-Temperature Hydroplasticization for Sustainable Plastic Replacement
Available online 9 October 2026
Petroleum-derived plastics are widely used but raise serious concerns regarding environmental sustainability and potential risks to human health. While biodegradable cellulose materials are considered...
Techno-Economic Analysis of Hydrophilic Deep Eutectic Solvents As a Cost-Effective Green Alternative for Dissolving Pulp Production
Available online 7 October 2026
This study evaluates a sulfur-free biobased hydrophilic deep eutectic solvent (DES) pulping technology as a sustainable alternative to the pre-hydrolysis Kraft (PHK) process for producing high-quality...
Upcycling papermaking waste into thermo-galvanic gel for harvesting waste heat and sunlight
Available online 30 September 2026
Efficiently converting low-grade heat (<100 °C) into electricity remains a significant challenge. Moreover, most widely studied thermogalvanic electrolytes rely on redox couples containing toxic metal...
Advanced Silk Fibroin/Polylactic Acid Composite Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration: A Perspective on Mechanobiology, Immunomodulation and Clinical Application
Available online 23 September 2026
Repair of bone, ligament, tendon, and osteochondral defects remains challenging because existing grafts rarely satisfy mechanical, biological, and degradation requirements. We critically evaluate silk...
Fabrication of Radiative Cooling Function on Wood Surface via TCMs@ZnO
Available online 5 September 2026
Radiative cooling materials offer passive heat management but often suffer from high cost, complex processing, and poor outdoor durability. Here, a scalable strategy was developed to fabricate thermochromic...
Advances in manufacturing sustainable textile fibers from chitin and its derivatives: Spinning methods, fiber functional properties, biodegradability, and environmental impacts
Available online 5 September 2026
Most of the current textiles are made from non-renewable, non-biodegradable synthetic fibers that are a source of microplastic pollution. The alternative biodegradable natural fibers have not only limited...
Scalable polyaniline-bridged multifunctional bamboo fiber/carbon nanotubes composite foam via ambient drying for thermal protection and electromagnetic shielding
Available online 2 September 2026
The scalable development of sustainable, high-performance cellulose foams is often impeded by energy-intensive drying processes and the structural vulnerability of porous networks under ambient conditions....
Bio-based protocatechuic acid-anchored multimetallic nanoreactors: Green construction, redox-cycling properties, and biomedical potential
Available online 1 September 2026
Tumor cells often develop reductive adaptations that decrease the effectiveness of reactive oxygen species (ROS)-dependent treatments, prompting a need for catalytic platforms that sustainably amplify...
Natural-inspired sustainable cellulose cooling aerogel with hetero-photonic scattering network via hydration of metal-organic frameworks-induced interface assembly for energy saving buildings
August 2026
Passive radiative cooling is a sustainable cooling technology that shows great promise in energy-saving fields. However, simultaneously achieving solar reflectivity and infrared emissivity over 95%...
A feasibility study on the deposition and in-situ modification of soda lignin by suspension plasma spraying
August 2026
In this study, low-energy suspension plasma spraying (LE-SPS) was introduced as a novel approach for the deposition and simultaneous plasma-induced chemical modification of soda lignin. A colloidal...
Scaffold-microenvironment decoupling in chitosan hydrogels: A design strategy for integrated energy storage, sensing, and energy harvesting
August 2026
Chitosan-based hydrogels are attractive for sustainable flexible electronics, yet their development is fundamentally hampered by a persistent materials dilemma in which enhancing mechanical integrity...
Water-triggered adaptive polyvinyl alcohol-polysaccharide supramolecular films with switchable structural and adhesive functions
August 2026
Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) based films experience significant degradation in mechanical properties under high humidity conditions. This study employed ultrasonic-assisted assembly technology, utilizing...
Green production of dissolving pulp from sugarcane bagasse via carbonate-based oxygen-alkali pulping and enzymatic totally chlorine-free bleaching
August 2026
The increasing demand for dissolving pulp in high-value applications imposes resource constraints on traditional feedstocks and thus necessitates the exploration of eco-friendly non-wood alternatives....
Electronegativity regulation and graphitization: Synergistic enhancement of wood-derived carbon-based high-entropy alloy electrocatalysts for efficient hydrogen evolution
August 2026
Developing efficient and durable hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysts based on wood-supported high-entropy alloy (HEA) nanoparticles (NPs) remains challenging due to the difficulty in...
Chitosan hydrogel-stabilized red blood cell membrane interface for robust electrochemical sensing of environmental contaminants
August 2026
The development of robust biomimetic interfaces remains challenging due to the inherent instability of native cell membranes when integrated into functional devices. Herein, we reported a bio-based...
Paper-based smart packaging: Multifunctional materials for sustainable food preservation
August 2026
Given the dual challenges of global food waste and plastic pollution, paper-based packaging has emerged as a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based plastics. However, native paper exhibits poor...
3D printable ionically conductive cellulose hydrogel sensor with robust water binding property at low temperatures
August 2026
Conductive hydrogel sensors are pivotal for next-generation flexible wearable devices. However, conventional hydrogels suffer from limitations such as insufficient low temperature tolerance, mechanical...
Curvature-induced metal-support interaction regulates Co-N4 electronic structure for enhanced oxygen electrocatalysis
Available online 25 August 2026
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have advantages such as high atom utilization and well-defined active sites, and have been extensively studied in the field of oxygen electrocatalysis. However, current...
Multicomponent kinetic modeling of lignocellulose deconstruction via coupling lignin dynamics with biphasic hemicellulose hydrolysis
Available online 20 August 2026
The inherent structural complexity of lignocellulosic biomass, characterized by the intricate interplay between its major constituents, has posed fundamental challenges to predictive modeling of its...
Sustainable dual-response optical modulation: WO3-based transparent cellulose composite membrane for photo- and electro-responsive chromatic devices
June 2026
Photo- and electro-chromic devices can facilitate the realization of a wide set of future applications, ranging from transparent displays, dynamic windows, optical switches, and variable optical attenuators....
High-strength and environmentally stable wood conductive eutectogels enabled by metal-based deep eutectic solvents
June 2026
Conductive gels hold significant promise for applications in flexible sensing and wearable electronics, yet face the challenge of limitations in mechanical strength and environmental stability. Herein,...