Macroporous scaffolds based on biomass polymers and their applications in wound healing
February 2025
The rapid advancement of biomedical polymers has raised significant concerns about the disposal of medical polymer waste. Sustainable biomass materials derived from renewable sources in nature have...
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Global evolution of research on autohydrolysis (hydrothermal) pretreatment as a green technology for biorefineries: A bibliometric analysis
February 2025
Based on 6 403 research articles in the Web of Science database from 2000 to 2023, information visualization technology is employed to analyze the literature year distribution, keyword co-occurrence...
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Anaerobic digestion bacteria algae (ADBA): A mathematical model of mixotrophic algal growth with indigenous bacterial inhibition in anaerobic digestion effluent
February 2025
•A kinetic model for algal mixotrophic growth in anaerobic digester effluent.•The interaction between algae and bacteria was analyzed using the model.•The dilution and sterilization of wastewater showed...
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Structural characteristics of hemicelluloses and lignin-carbohydrate complexes in alkaline-extracted bamboo green, core, and yellow
Available online 21 January 2025
Understanding the differences in the chemical structures of important components in different bamboo tissues is crucial for maximizing bamboo utilization and biorefining bamboo resources. Hemicellulose...
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High-value utilization of agricultural residues based on component characteristics: Potentiality and challenges
Available online 16 January 2025
Agricultural residues (ARs) mainly consist of lignocellulose materials, such as crop straws and by-products from agricultural processing, with a global annual output exceeding 1.9 billion tons. Currently,...
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Multifunctional biomass materials based on electroless plating
Available online 8 January 2025
The multifunctional utilization of biomass materials represents an effective strategy to address global resource shortages, mitigate environmental challenges, and support sustainable human development....
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Cellulose-based suture: State of art, challenge, and future outlook
Available online 15 December 2024
Surgical sutures as the most widely used and high-value implanted materials are of vital importance in wound closure and healing. Among them, cellulose-based sutures with multifunctionality have been...
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Bridging gap between agro-industrial waste, biodiversity and mycelium-based biocomposites: Understanding their properties by multiscale methodology
November 2024
A multiscale methodology approach was employed integrating microscopic analysis of the biomasses present in the biocomposite (lignocellulosic and fungal) to understand their macroscopic response in...
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Liquefied dimethyl ether as alternative extraction solvent for high γ-oryzanol rice bran oil: Systematic HSP theory and experimental evaluation
November 2024
This study aimed to systematically find an alternative solvent to replace hexane for the extraction of bio-oil with high γ-oryzanol content from rice bran (RB). The selection involved predicting solubility...
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Valorization of palm oil refining by-product for organotin mercaptide as a polyvinyl chloride thermal stabilizer: Synthesis, efficacy and comparison to mixed metal stearate
November 2024
Organotin mercaptide-based thermal stabilizer is recognized for its effectiveness in enhancing thermal stability of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). In this study, we synthesized an organotin mercaptide-based...
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Bacterial cellulose cookbook: A systematic review on sustainable and cost-effective substrates
November 2024
Bacterial cellulose is a versatile material with applications in many industries. However, the widespread uptake of bacterial cellulose faces challenges including high production costs and lack of scalability....
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Selective activation of CC bonds in lignin model compounds and lignin for production of value-added chemicals
November 2024
Lignin is a rich renewable aromatic resource that can produce high-value-added chemicals. Lignin is regarded as one of the three major components of lignocellulosic biomass, which is composed of phenylpropane...
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Textiles from non-wood feedstocks: Challenges and opportunities of current and emerging fiber spinning technologies
November 2024
As the global population continues growing, the demand for textiles also increases, putting pressure on cotton manufacturers to produce more natural fiber from this already undersupplied resource. Synthetic...
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Valorization of the Caragana waste via two-stage bioaugmentation: Optimizing nutrition composition, palatability, and microbial contaminant control
November 2024
Caragana korshinskii kom. (CKK) waste, a common forestry byproduct in northwest of China, presents challenges in its transformation into alternative ruminant feed due to its initial nutritional limitations...
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Comprehensive comparison of cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) drying using multi-frequency ultrasonic technology with selected conventional drying technologies
November 2024
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) have garnered increased attention due to their renewable nature, abundant feedstock availbility, and good mechanical properties. However, one of the bottlenecks for its...
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Selective biomass conversion over novel designed tandem catalyst
November 2024
Selective conversion of biomass into targeted molecules like polyols, especially, from cellulosic compounds, is being widely investigated as a sustainable process to produce biodiesel and bio-additives....
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Development of Methylene Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol-grafted lignin sub-microspheres loaded with TiO2 for sunscreen applications
November 2024
Lignin serves as a promising Ultraviolet (UV) absorber within sunscreen industry. However, the commercial development of lignin-containing sunscreens faces challenges due to their low sun protection...
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Cavitation as a zero-waste circular economy process to convert citrus processing waste into biopolymers in high demand
November 2024
Cavitation in water only, no matter whether hydrodynamic or acoustic, is a zero-waste circular economy process to convert industrial citrus processing waste into high-performance polysaccharides in...
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Enhanced biomass densification pretreatment using binary chemicals for efficient lignocellulosic valorization
November 2024
Many effective pretreatment methods (such as dilute acid, dilute alkali, ionic liquids, etc.) have been developed for lignocellulose upgrading, but several defaults of low working mass, high sugar loss...
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Study on the mechanism and law of temperature, humidity and moisture content on the mechanical properties of molded fiber products
August 2024
The change of temperature, humidity and moisture content (MC) will lead to the change of mechanical properties of molded fiber products (MFP). However, it is difficult to decouple the effects of temperature,...
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Chestnut tannin: New use, research and bioeconomy
August 2024
Chestnut tannin, extracted from the bark or wood of chestnut trees, possesses unique properties that make it valuable in various industries. It serves as a natural source of tannins, which are widely...
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Biorenewable materials for water remediation: The central role of cellulose in achieving sustainability
August 2024
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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