Fundamentals of cellulose lightweight materials: bio-based assemblies with tailored properties

ES Ferreira, CA Rezende, ED Cranston - Green chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
This review focuses on lightweight materials (foams, aerogels, cryogels, xerogels) obtained
from lignocellulosic fibres, nanocelluloses, and regenerated celluloses, in which the dried …

Foam forming of fiber products: A review

T Hjelt, JA Ketoja, H Kiiskinen, AI Koponen… - Journal of Dispersion …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Aqueous foam can be used as a transfer medium to form lightweight materials from natural
and man-made fibers together with other types of raw materials. This review discusses …

Plant fiber foam reinforced with distiller's grains and its static cushioning properties

S Liu, Y Gao, L Ma, R Wu, P Lu - Industrial Crops and Products, 2023 - Elsevier
The non-degradability of plastic foam and limited petroleum resources have caused great
damage to the ecological environment of the earth. Here a bio-based foam was fabricated to …

Green Preparation of Lightweight, High-Strength Cellulose-Based Foam and Evaluation of Its Adsorption Properties

Y Zhou, W Yin, Y Guo, C Qin, Y Qin, Y Liu - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the application scope of most cellulose-based foams is limited due to their
low adsorbability and poor recyclability. In this study, a green solvent is used to extract and …

Foam flow through porous media

P Johnson, V Starov, A Trybala - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface …, 2022 - Elsevier
There are two parts to the interaction of foam with porous media. How the foam interacts with
the surface and the flow within the substrate, which is the focus of this review. Flow-through …

[HTML][HTML] Size-structure-property relationship of wood particles in aqueous and dry insulative foams

E Dobrzanski, ES Ferreira, P Tiwary, P Agrawal… - Carbohydrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Three size-fractionated samples of pine beetle-killed wood particles were used to prepare
lightweight insulative foams. The foams were produced by foam-forming an aqueous slurry …

Synthesis of a robust, water-stable, and biodegradable pulp foam by poly-lactic acid coating towards a zero-plastic earth

Y Zhang, J Liao, J Li, S Guo, L Mo, Z Liu, Q Xiong - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Biodegradable cellulosic pulp foams with robustness and water resistance are urgently
needed in nowadays to replace petroleum-based plastic foams for environmental …

[PDF][PDF] Dewatering and structural analysis of foam-formed, lightweight fibrous materials

JT Keränen, P Jetsu, T Turpeinen, AI Koponen - BioResources, 2023 - academia.edu
The goal of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement is to limit global warming to 1.5 C. To
reach this goal, climate neutrality must be achieved by mid-century (Paris Agreement 2015) …

Non-Newtonian and viscoplastic models of a vertically aligned thick liquid film draining due to gravity

HN Alahmadi, S Naire - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We consider theoretically the two-dimensional flow in a vertically aligned thick liquid film
supported at the top and bottom by wire frames. The film gradually thins as the liquid drains …

Surface and inter-fibre interactions in aqueous cellulose-based systems for open fibrous structures

A Ketola - 2023 - aaltodoc.aalto.fi
In the thesis, the morphology of cellulose-based fibre surfaces immersed in water and their
interactions with air bubbles in the presence of surfactants were investigated. The cellulose …