Functionalized wood as bio-based advanced materials: Properties, applications, and challenges

RF Beims, R Arredondo, DJS Carrero, Z Yuan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to millions of years of natural evolution, wood has a unique structure that has inspired
many researchers to use it as a template to create bio-based advanced materials for various …

Removal of wood extractives as pulp (pre-) treatment: A technological review

M Lehr, M Miltner, A Friedl - SN Applied Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Wood extractives usually do not exceed five percent of dry wood mass but can be a serious
issue for pulping as well as for the pulp itself. They cause contamination and damages to …

Lignin: A review on structure, properties, and applications as a light-colored UV absorber

Y Zhang, M Naebe - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lignin is a promising UV-shielding material to substitute the synthetic absorbers in a
composite due to its excellent UV-shielding property. The chromophores group of lignin is …

Lignin-Based Covalent Adaptable Network Polymers─ When Bio-Based Thermosets Meet Recyclable by Design

DB Tiz, FA Vicente, A Kroflič… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Covalent adaptable networks (CANs) play an important role in polymer chemistry, as they
provide an innovative link between thermoplastics and thermosets. The breakthrough idea …

Chemical and biological delignification of biomass: a review

D Schieppati, NA Patience, F Galli, P Dal… - Industrial & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Lignin is a highly abundant biopolymer with a complex polyphenolic structure, making it a
potential source of aromatic precursors, polymers, and energy. However, its thermal stability …

Dissolving wood pulp production: a review

S Balkissoon, J Andrew, B Sithole - Biomass conversion and biorefinery, 2023 - Springer
Studies have elucidated that the trends in dissolving pulp markets worldwide are growing
consistently and rapidly. In 2018, the global revenue generated from dissolving pulp …

Transforming non-wood feedstocks into dissolving pulp via organosolv pulping: An alternative strategy to boost the share of natural fibers in the textile industry.

RE Vera, KA Vivas, F Urdaneta, J Franco, R Sun… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work evaluates wheat straw, switchgrass, and hemp hurd as potential alternatives for
producing dissolving pulp using sulfur dioxide (SO 2)-ethanol-water (SEW) pulping. The …

The influence of lignin on the effectiveness of using a chemithermomechanical pulping based process to pretreat softwood chips and pellets prior to enzymatic …

M Takada, R Chandra, J Wu, JN Saddler - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the last century the pulp and paper sector has assessed various technologies to
fractionate woody biomass to produce strong, bright fibers. Several of these processes have …

A review on lignin-based carbon fibres for carbon footprint reduction

VD Obasa, OA Olanrewaju, OP Gbenebor, EF Ochulor… - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
Carbon fibers (CFs) are made mostly from a non-environmentally friendly polyacrylonitrile
(PAN) and little from rayon. PAN-based CFs, require huge amount of energy for its …

Moringa oleifera seeds-removed ripened pods as alternative for papersheet production: antimicrobial activity and their phytoconstituents profile using HPLC

MZM Salem, HM Ali, M Akrami - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
In the present study, and for the waste valorization, Moringa oleifera seeds-removed ripened
pods (SRRP) were used for papersheet production and for the extraction of bioactive …