Wood heat treatment has increased significantly in the last few years and is still growing as
an industrial process to improve some wood properties. The first studies on heat treatment …

Key message An efficient use of thermal treatment of wood requires a depth understanding
of the chemical modifications induced. This is a prerequisite to avoid problems of process …

Designing lightweight, environmentally friendly and broadband electromagnetic wave
(EMW) absorbers to solve the increasingly EM pollution problem has become a research …

Kapok fiber is a naturally renewable material with large lumen and hydrophobic
characteristics, which enables it to show good oil sorption capacity. To further improve the …

In order to investigate different types of decay mechanisms in bamboo (Phyllostachys
edulis), the chemical structure and microstructure of bamboo samples decayed by P …

Torrefaction is a mild pyrolysis treatment under inert atmosphere that has been found to
improve the physical and chemical properties of biomass as a fuel. In this study, several …

In this study, the effect of heat treatment on the chemical composition of bamboo slivers was
studied. The chemical properties of the samples were examined by chemical analysis …

Waste rice straw (RS) was fractionated to extract the lignin using alkaline (sodium
hydroxide) treatment (SHT) and organic acid (Formic acid/Acetic acid) treatment (OAT) …

We prepared super-hydrophobic nanocellulose films using a non-toxic octadecylamine/
polydopamine system. Octadecylamine, a low surface energy material, was used to provide …

Surface free energies of pine and beech wood were investigated before and after heat
treatment using the Lifshitz–van der Waals/acid–base approach from contact angles …