A review of 3D superhydrophilic porous materials for oil/water separation

S Li, L Huang, D Wang, S Zhou, X Sun, R Zhao… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The separation of oil/water mixtures has become a major problem worldwide as oil spills
and the discharge of oily wastewater. Materials with special wettable surfaces have been …

[HTML][HTML] Wood elasticity and compressible wood-based materials: Functional design and applications

Z Fu, Y Lu, G Wu, L Bai, D Barker-Rothschild… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
The typical strength of wood make it suitable as a structural material. Under load, natural
wood exhibits a small strain within the elastic range. Such elasticity is associated with fast …

[HTML][HTML] Energy assessment of advanced and switchable windows for less energy-hungry buildings in the UK

E Field, A Ghosh - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Globally, greenhouse gas emissions from the operational phase of buildings are
significantly contributing towards climate change. Global and national efforts, through the …

[HTML][HTML] Functional properties of transparent ZnO thin films synthetized by using spray pyrolysis for environmental and biomedical applications

JG Cuadra, AC Estrada, C Oliveira, LA Abderrahim… - Ceramics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Spray pyrolysis is a promising method for producing thin, transparent films on glass
substrates. ZnO thin films synthesized by this method exhibit high crystallinity, adhesion and …

Engineered transparent wood composites: a review

TB Jele, J Andrew, M John, B Sithole - Cellulose, 2023 - Springer
Wood is a versatile resource due to its inherent properties such as low density, good weight
to strength ratio, unique hierarchical structure, microscale pores, and ease of processing …

Research progress on the preparation and application of lignin-based Pickering emulsions: A review

J Xu, J Zhou, B Du, X Li, Y Huang, Q Cao, S Xu… - Industrial Crops and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Lignin is a natural amphiphilic polymer material with properties such as being rich in raw
materials, renewable, non-toxic, degradable, biocompatible, antioxidant, and UV-absorbing …

Life cycle assessment of transparent wood in building industry: a sustainable solution for global warming mitigation

J Wu, H Ye, S Li, Z Que, Y Peng, L Cai, C **a - Construction and Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
Transparent wood produced from renewable resources offers a sustainable alternative to
conventional petroleum-based polymers for potential building industry applications such as …

Fabricating a high-loading smart film to monitor pork freshness via adsorption of anthocyanins on simultaneously etched, anionized and bleached wood cell wall

Y Yun, W Liu, Y Ning, J Li, L Wang - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, wood cell walls were simultaneously roughened, carboxylated, and bleached
via NaOH/H 2 O 2 treatment and roughened-poplar film (RPF) was obtained. Compared with …

A facile method to fabricate anti-fouling nanofiltration membrane with aminated lignin

Z Zhou, X Zhu, Y Yuan, S Wang, X Meng… - Journal of Membrane …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nanofiltration (NF) membrane separates materials with molecular weight of 200–2000 Da
effectively. However, the membrane fouling is inevitable, which can deteriorate the …

Predicting physico-mechanical and thermal properties of loofa cylindrica fibers and Al2O3/Al-SiC reinforced polymer hybrid composites using artificial neural network …

H Mohit, MR Sanjay, S Siengchin, B Kanaan… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The physical, mechanical, and thermal characteristics of loofa fiber-alumina (Al 2 O 3) and
loofa fiber-aluminum silicon carbide (Al-SiC) reinforced with epoxy, vinyl-ester, and …