Anion Exchangers Prepared from Graft Polymerisation of Microfibrillated Cellulose Using the Reactive Ionic Liquid
Available online 22 April 2025
Microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) was functionalised using a reactive ionic liquid monomer, i.e., glycidyltriethylammonium chloride (GTEAC), via chain-growth polymerisation, resulting in a novel cationic...
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Robust MXene Aerogel Assisted by Cellulose Nanofiber for Efficient Crude Oil Spill Remediation
Available online 28 March 2025
Efficient cleanup of crude oil continues to be a global challenge owing to its inherent high viscosity, which makes it difficult to remove with conventional porous adsorbents. Here, a novel multifunctional...
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Immobilized enzyme microreactor system with bamboo-based cellulose nanofibers for efficient biotransformation of phytochemicals
Available online 28 March 2025
The enzyme immobilization technique has been widely applied in biotechnology, biomedicine, and environmental remediation. In this research, carboxylated bamboo-based cellulose nanofibers (BCNFs) were...
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Achieving significant mechanical improvement of chitosan aerogel with embedding or bridging structures mediated by size-dependent silk microfibers
Available online 28 March 2025
Building high-performance aerogels with biomass-derived rather than fossil-derived polymers is an eco-friendlier option given the increasingly serious sustainability issues. Chitosan (CS) aerogels with...
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Pushing temperature boundaries in wood-plastic composites’ manufacturing by transdisciplinary paradigm shift: Novel functionalities, higher resource efficiency, and extended application range
Available online 18 March 2025
Wood-plastic composites (WPCs) combine the advantages of plastics and lumber, however, their progress is slowed by limitations resulting from the properties of plant-based materials (PBMs), the most...
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Self-densified super-strong wood
Available online 12 March 2025
Lightweight structural materials with high strength and toughness are highly desirable for many advanced applications. Wood, as a sustainable structural material, is widely used in engineering due to...
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Eco-friendly innovation: Industrial-scale all-natural bamboo drinking straw inspired by bamboo's flexibility and toughness
Available online 12 March 2025
Disposable plastic straws are small, lightweight, and non-degradable, making them rarely recycled and causing severe environmental pollution. However, the search for suitable alternatives, balancing...
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Hydrothermal liquefaction of sewage sludge for circular bioeconomy: Focus on lignocellulose wastes, microplastics, and pharmaceuticals
Available online 6 March 2025
The rapid increase in sewage sludge (SS) generation from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) has become a pressing global environmental challenge. The SS contains a wide variety of pollutants, including...
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Enhancing compatibility and biodegradability of polylactic acid/biomass composites through torrefaction of forest residue
February 2025
This study investigated the effects of torrefaction on forest residue (FR) and its subsequent application as a bulk-loading filler in polylactic acid (PLA) composites. Torrefaction enhanced the chemical...
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A lignin-based controlled/sustained release hydrogel by integrating mechanical strengthening and bioactivities of lignin
February 2025
The favorable antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of lignin have been shown to promote wound healing. However, the accumulation of lignin in high concentrations in the body brings about varying...
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Remediation and resource utilization of Cr(Ⅲ), Al(Ⅲ) and Zr(Ⅳ)-containing tannery effluent based on chitosan-carboxymethyl cellulose aerogel
February 2025
Composite aerogel based on sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMCNa) and chitosan (CS), i.e., CS/CMCNa, was prepared through a sol-gel method. Then, CS/CMCNa was used for simulating the adsorption of metal...
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Disassembly, refinement, and reassembly: From ancient papermaking to modern materials processing
February 2025
Papermaking, a cornerstone of human civilization and one of China's Four Great Inventions, exemplifies the enduring legacy of ancient ingenuity in shaping modern materials science. Originating from...
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Environmental Impacts on Plant Cell Wall Lignification
February 2025
Lignin is a natural resource used for energy production and a widely applied basis in the chemical industry. Physiological and wood anatomical evidence now suggests that the degree of lignin deposition...
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Shedding light on the existence of Furan fatty acids in latex lipids across a wide diversity of Hevea brasiliensis genotypes
February 2025
Furan fatty acids produced by plants and bacteria, and present in some edible resources, have attracted significant scientific attention for their health benefits. They include 10,13-epoxy-11-methyl-octadecan-10,12-dienoic...
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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 characterization and immunomodulatory activities of polysaccharides from Russula vinosa lindblad extracted using KOH
Available online 22 January 2025
Russula vinosa Lindblad (R. vinosa Lindblad) is a nutrient-rich wild edible fungus, abundant in carbohydrates. In this study, two polysaccharides (Russula polysaccharides extracted from 1% KOH (RP-1)...
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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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Enhanced performance and reprocessability in polypropylene-lignin blends through plasma treatment
Available online 20 January 2025
In this work, a new compatibilization strategy for polypropylene-lignin blends was presented, which did not rely on the use of solvents or other chemicals. Soda lignin was subjected to plasma treatment...
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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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Integration of biopolymers in polyacrylic acid hydrogels: Innovations and applications in bioresources and bioproducts
Available online 2 January 2025
The development of sustainable biomaterials has recently attracted great interest in the fields of flexible electronics and biosensing hydrogels. Hydrogels are a class of three-dimensional spatial network...
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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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