Biorenewable materials for water remediation: The central role of cellulose in achieving sustainability
Available online 10 December 2023
As the population increases and manufacturing grows, greenhouse gas and other harmful emissions increase. Contaminated with chemicals such as dyes, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, oil, heavy metals or...
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Recent advances in thermochemical conversion of woody biomass for production of green hydrogen and CO2 capture: A review
November 2023
Hydrogen as a clean energy carrier has attracted great interests world-wide for substitution of fossil fuels and for abatement of the climate change concerns. However, green hydrogen from renewable...
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Unraveling biochar surface area on structure and heavy metal removal performances of carbothermal reduced nanoscale zero-valent iron
November 2023
Carbothermal reduction using biochar (BC) is a green and effective method of synthesizing BC-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron (nanoFe0) composites. However, the effect of BC surface area on the...
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Bioplastic classifications and innovations in antibacterial, antifungal, and antioxidant applications
November 2023
Conventional plastics exacerbate climate change by generating substantial amounts of greenhouse gases and solid wastes throughout their lifecycle. To address the environmental and economic challenges...
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Large scalable, ultrathin and self-cleaning cellulose aerogel film for daytime radiative cooling
November 2023
Passive cooling strategy shows great potential in mitigating global warming and reducing energy consumption. Because of the high emissivity in the atmospheric transparency window (λ ≈ 8–13 µm), cellulose...
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Mycelium as a self-growing biobased material for the fabrication of single-layer masks
November 2023
Disposable face masks are an essential piece of personal protective equipment for workers in medical facilities, laboratories, and the general public to prevent the spread of illnesses and/or contamination....
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Characteristic properties of date-palm fibre/sheep wool reinforced polyester composites
November 2023
In this study, we attempted to characterise the effects of date-palm fibre (DPF) and a date-palm fibre/sheep wool hybrid in polyester to enhance high-performance and low-cost composite materials that...
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An overview of biomass solid fuels: Biomass sources, processing methods, and morphological and microstructural properties
November 2023
Biomass solid fuel (BSF) has emerged as a promising renewable energy source, but its morphological and microstructural properties are crucial in determining their physical, mechanical, and chemical...
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Efficient lignin biodegradation triggered by alkali-tolerant ligninolytic bacteria through improving lignin solubility in alkaline solution
November 2023
Low lignin solubility in aqueous solution is one of the major bottlenecks for lignin biodegradation and bioconversion. Alkaline solution contributes to improving lignin solubility, whereas most microbes...
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Influence of temperature and pressure during thermoforming of softwood pulp
November 2023
In this study, the influence of thermoforming conditions on the resulting material properties was investigated, which aimed at developing advanced wood-fiber-based materials for the replacement of fossil...
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Catalytic upgrading of bio-oil from halophyte seeds into transportation fuels
November 2023
Because of socioeconomic considerations, wide-scale production of biofuel necessitates the utilization of nonedible biomass feedstock that does not compete for land and fresh water resources. In this...
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In-situ polymerization of lignocelluloses of autohydrolysis process with acrylamide
August 2023
In the present study, the hydrolysates generated via autohydrolysis of spruce wood chips were directly used as feedstock for producing coagulants. The in-situ polymerization of acrylamide (AM) and lignocellulose...
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Preparation and characterization of tea tree oil-β-cyclodextrin microcapsules with super-high encapsulation efficiency
August 2023
This study aimed to prepare tea tree oil-β-cyclodextrin microcapsules using an optimized co-precipitated method. The impact of the volume fraction of ethanol in the solvent system for microencapsulation...
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Utilization of residual fatty acids in matter organic non-glycerol from a soy biodiesel plant in filaments used for 3D printing
August 2023
Matter organic non-glycerol (MONG) is a considerable waste output (20%−25% of crude glycerol) typically landfilled by soy biodiesel plants. In this work, soy MONG was characterized for potential use...
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Multiscale wood micromechanics and size effects study via nanoindentation
August 2023
Wood as a material is a natural composite with a complex hierarchically arranged structure. All scale levels of wood structure contribute to its macroscopic mechanical properties. The nature of such...
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A mild iodocyclohexane demethylation for highly enhancing antioxidant activity of lignin
August 2023
Lignin, as a natural antioxidant, shows great potential in food engineering and medicine. However, the inherent macromolecular structure, high polydispersity, and few phenolic hydroxy seriously limit...
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Soda pulping of sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) and its usage in molded pulp packaging
August 2023
Petroleum-based materials are often used in the packaging industry. However, the single use value of such products can be problematic with regard to proper waste disposal. As such, molded pulp packaging...
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Wood pulp industry by-product valorization for acrylate synthesis and bio-based polymer development via Michael addition reaction
August 2023
It is crucial to adapt the processing of forest bio-resources into biochemicals and bio-based advanced materials in order to transform the current economic climate into a greener economy. Tall oil,...
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Design of B/N Co-doped micro/meso porous carbon electrodes from CNF/BNNS/ZIF-8 nanocomposites for advanced supercapacitors
August 2023
Boron (B) and nitrogen (N) co-doped 3D hierarchical micro/meso porous carbon (BNPC) were successfully fabricated from cellulose nanofiber (CNF)/ boron nitride nanosheets (BNNS)/ zinc-methylimidazolate...
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Pichia as yeast cell factory for production of industrially important bio-products: Current trends, challenges, and future prospects
May 2023
Yeast has been used as a cell factory for thousands of years to produce a wide variety of complex biofuels, bioproducts, biochemicals, food ingredients, and pharmaceuticals. For a variety of biotechnological...
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Bioprocessing of underutilized Artocarpus altilis fruit to bioethanol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae: A fermentation condition improvement study
May 2023
Raw materials availability needed for commercial bioethanol production is one of the challenges against its global adoption. Identifying rich, cheap, underused, and readily available starch sources...
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