Cellulose-based ionic conductor: An emerging material toward sustainable devices
Ionic conductors (ICs) find widespread applications across different fields, such as smart
electronic, ionotronic, sensor, biomedical, and energy harvesting/storage devices, and …
electronic, ionotronic, sensor, biomedical, and energy harvesting/storage devices, and …
Transparent wood-based functional materials via a top-down approach
Transparent wood-based materials (TWMs), made by either bottom-up or top-down
strategies, have attracted great attention owing to their transparency, sustainability and …
strategies, have attracted great attention owing to their transparency, sustainability and …
Natural wood-derived charcoal embedded with bimetallic iron/cobalt sites to promote ciprofloxacin degradation
Structural design of high-performing catalysts for boosting refractory organic pollutants
degradation remains a great challenge. Herein, a natural wood-derived catalyst comprising …
degradation remains a great challenge. Herein, a natural wood-derived catalyst comprising …
Natural-wood-inspired ultrastrong anisotropic hybrid hydrogels targeting artificial tendons or ligaments
Hydrogels are able to mimic the flexibility of biological tissues or skin, but they still cannot
achieve satisfactory strength and toughness, greatly limiting their scope of application …
achieve satisfactory strength and toughness, greatly limiting their scope of application …
Lignin‐based materials for additive manufacturing: chemistry, processing, structures, properties, and applications
The utilization of lignin, the most abundant aromatic biomass component, is at the forefront
of sustainable engineering, energy, and environment research, where its abundance and …
of sustainable engineering, energy, and environment research, where its abundance and …
A 3D smart wood membrane with high flux and efficiency for separation of stabilized oil/water emulsions
J Wu, Z Cui, Y Yu, H Han, D Tian, J Hu, J Qu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Oily sewage discharged from indiscriminate industrial and frequent oil spills have become a
serious global problem. There is an urgent need to separate stable oil/water emulsions by …
serious global problem. There is an urgent need to separate stable oil/water emulsions by …
Clean power generation from salinity gradient using reverse electrodialysis technologies: Recent advances, bottlenecks, and future direction
Reverse electrodialysis (RED) is an emerging renewable energy technology that generates
electricity by combining concentrated and diluted streams with varying salinities. Ion …
electricity by combining concentrated and diluted streams with varying salinities. Ion …
[HTML][HTML] An anti-freezing and strong wood-derived hydrogel for high-performance electronic skin and wearable sensing
Z Wang, Z Zhou, S Wang, X Yao, X Han, W Cao… - Composites Part B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Inspired by the highly aligned, well-ordered microstructure, and anisotropic mechanical
properties of biological soft tissues, artificial electronic skins (e-skins) have been widely …
properties of biological soft tissues, artificial electronic skins (e-skins) have been widely …
Nanocomposite hydrogel engineered janus membrane for membrane distillation with robust fouling, wetting, and scaling resistance
Membrane distillation (MD) is considered to be rather promising for high-salinity wastewater
reclamation. However, its practical viability is seriously challenged by membrane wetting …
reclamation. However, its practical viability is seriously challenged by membrane wetting …
[HTML][HTML] Highly flexible and broad-range mechanically tunable all-wood hydrogels with nanoscale channels via the hofmeister effect for human motion monitoring
Wood-based hydrogel with a unique anisotropic structure is an attractive soft material, but
the presence of rigid crystalline cellulose in natural wood makes the hydrogel less flexible …
the presence of rigid crystalline cellulose in natural wood makes the hydrogel less flexible …