The growth of the human population is causing an exponential increase in the need for food.
Fertilizers are one of the most important elements to meet this increased demand and to …

Starch is one of the most common biodegradable polymers found in nature, and it is widely
utilized in the food and beverage, bioplastic industry, paper industry, textile, and biofuel …

Consumer trends towards environmentally friendly products are driving plastics industries to
investigate more benign alternatives to petroleum-based polymers. In the case of adhesives …

Bio-based adhesives have shown promise in the engineered wood products industry, and
there is a substantial growth of research on bio-based bonding agents. Wood is a renewable …

In recent years, bio-based wood adhesives have gained an increased industrial and
research interest as an environmentally friendly and renewable alternative to the …

The escalating demand for environmentally sustainable and cost-effective adhesives in the
wood processing and manufacturing sector has prompted exploration into innovative …

Exploring the reusability of wood-based panels is imperative in the wood industry for
sustainable development and carbon balance. Non-reusable adhesives make wood-based …

Exploitation of fossil fuels has resulted in the declination of petrochemicals, which catalysed
chemical industries to search for substitute raw material sources. The major raw materials …

Starch is a biomass polymer material with a high yield and comprehensive source. It is used
as a raw material for preparing adhesives because of its highly active hydroxyl group …

The weak internal cohesion and initial viscosity of soy protein adhesives lead to the poor
cold-pressing bonding performance of plywood preparation. This deficiency restricted the …