Bio-based materials are attracting more and more attention in all fields due to their improved
environmental footprint and due to the independence from petroleum resources that comes …

Microbial exopolysaccharides (EPS) are an abundant and important group of compounds
that can be secreted by bacteria, fungi and algae. The biotechnological production of these …

Biomass-based adhesives have attracted extensive research interest in recent years as an
effective alternative to formaldehyde-based adhesives which are non-renewable and …

Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) hydrogels have been used as adhesive materials for food
and other newly emerged innovative applications. To increase the knowledge of CMC …

Wood adhesives are mainly prepared from polymers derived from petroleum-based
resources. With the increasing concern for the environment, it is necessary to find …

This Feature Article evaluates ongoing efforts to adapt adhesives toward the goal of zero-
waste living and suggests the most promising future directions. Adhesives are not always …

At present, environmentally friendly high-performance wood adhesives have received
widespread attention. Glucose and tris (2-aminoethyl) amine (TAEA) were used as raw …

In this study, effects of starch heat pretreatment at 70, 80 and 90° C on graft
copolymerization reaction with vinyl acetate (VAc) and the performance of the resulting …

Enhancing the performance of wood adhesive is important for its industrial applications.
Accordingly, we designed and demonstrated the use of two co-monomers vinyl acetate …

The electrospinnability of FucoPol, a bacterial exopolysaccharide, is presented for the first
time, evaluated alone and in combination with other polymers, such as polyethylene oxide …