Soy protein adhesives are currently a hot research topic in the wood panels industry for the
abundant raw material reserves, reasonable price and outstanding environmental features …

Thermoplastic starch (TPS) is a bio-based material which can naturally degrade without
giving any harmful effect to the environment. However, TPS has drawback which is low …

Oil palm biomass is an abundant source of material. Mass production of palm oil results in
increasing amount of waste where roughly 4 kg of dry biomass is produced for each palm oil …

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of pressing temperature on chemical
modification of oil palm particles as raw material for particleboard manufacturing. This study …

Aims: It was investigated to produce gypsum-based experimental composite panels with red
pine wood/rice straw particles in the mixture up to 60: 40 (ratio)(w/w) in gypsum-water …

The conventional wood-based composites contain an unreacted free formaldehyde, which
causes a cancerous effect on humans. To overcome this problem, citric-acid-modified corn …