Recent developments in the area of plant‐based hydrogels are introduced, especially those
derived from wood as a widely available, multiscale, and hierarchical source of …

Soft porous solids can change their shapes by absorbing liquids via capillarity. Such poro-
elasto-capillary interactions can be seen in the wrinkling of paper, swelling of cellulose …

Solar‐powered interfacial evaporation has emerged as an innovative and sustainable
technology for clean water production and it has motivated the design and fabrication of …

A series of experiments are performed to give insight into the mechanisms of liquid rise in a
3D dense random packing of glass spheres. A sharp knee in the log-log plot of water height …

Past work focused on energy release measurements for lithium-ion and other batteries
during runaway. This energy can be considered in two forms:(1) that of decomposition …

A novel experimental protocol and analysis technique is developed to determine whether
water rise in a cellulose foam is by capillary flow alone, or is by capillary flow followed by …

Porous materials are ubiquitous and essential for many processes in nature as well as in
industry, and the need to produce them from renewable materials will definitely increase. A …

Many consumer food products such as confectionary or culinary seasonings are particle-
based systems containing varying amounts of lipids such as oils, fats, and greases. Lipid …

Paper packaging for compacted or tabletted foods is seen as a key sustainable packaging of
the future. Yet its fibrous structure is susceptible to absorb oils, fats, greases and other small …

Cellulose foams can undergo a large one-way actuation strain when taken from a dry, pre-
compressed state to a damp state by the addition of water. In order to develop a predictive …