The industrial market depends intensely on wood-based composites for buildings, furniture,
and construction, involving significant developments in wood glues since 80% of wood …

Urea-formaldehyde resins (UFs) for adhesives have attracted particular interest among other
thermosetting polymers applied in the broad area of wood panels technology. UFs are the …

Inspired by phenol-amine chemistry of mussels, a synthesis-free and fully biomass adhesive
composed of chitosan and tannin (CST) was successfully developed by a facile method. The …

The potential of using ground birch (Betula verrucosa Ehrh.) bark as an eco-friendly additive
in urea-formaldehyde (UF) adhesives for plywood manufacturing was investigated in this …

The potential of producing eco-friendly, formaldehyde-free, high-density fiberboard (HDF)
panels from hardwood fibers bonded with urea-formaldehyde (UF) resin and a novel …

The potential of ammonium lignosulfonate (ALS) as an eco-friendly additive to urea–
formaldehyde (UF) resin for manufacturing high-density fiberboard (HDF) panels with …

The potential of using residual softwood fibers from the pulp and paper industry for
producing eco-friendly, zero-formaldehyde fiberboard panels, bonded with calcium …

Since their first synthesis in 1884, thermosetting and amorphous urea–formaldehyde (UF)
resins have mainly been used as wood adhesives yet are known to be responsible for the …

Wood-based industry is one of the main drivers of economic growth in Malaysia. Forest
being the source of various lignocellulosic materials has many untapped potentials that …

One of the key strategies for valorizing kraft lignin (KL) into value-added products such as
bio-based adhesives is to perform solvent fractionation of KL to produce lignin with improved …