Novel biomedical materials provide a new horizon for the diagnosis/treatment of diseases
and tissue repair. Cellulose, mainly found in trees and other biomass, is one of the most …

Adhesives––the resins widely used in particleboards, oriented strength boards, and
plywood––are traditionally produced from fossil-based polymers. Owing to the toxicity …

Over the last 50 years, the use of wood adhesives in the manufacturing of wood-based
panel goods has increased the efficiency of wood resources. Wood adhesives are becoming …

Green, environment friendly, and sustainable biomass-based adhesive has been
considered as an optimum alternative of petroleum-derived adhesive, yet poor water …

Both increasing environmental issues and the lack of fossil resources have increased the
importance of wood-based natural fiber composites. Therefore, high performance …

Today, bottom-up approaches for building high-performance adhesives remain elusive due
to a lack of multi-scale modules that can satisfy the robustness, cohesion, and water …

The development of wood adhesives that exhibit robust adhesion, exceptional water
resistance, sustainability, affordability, nontoxicity, and simplicity is highly recommended for …

Soy protein based adhesives showed great potential for replacing petroleum derived
formaldehyde adhesives in the commercial wood industry. However, soy protein adhesives …

Dialdehyde carbohydrates (DCs) have found applications in a wide range of biomedical
field due to their great versatility, biocompatibility/biodegradability, biological properties, and …

Periodate oxidation of polysaccharides has transitioned from structural analysis into a
modification method for engineered materials. This review summarizes the research on this …