Modern technology has enabled the isolation of nanocellulose from plant-based fibers, and
the current trend focuses on utilizing nanocellulose in a broad range of sustainable …

The cellulose industry depends heavily on water owing to the hydrophilic nature of cellulose
fibrils and its potential for sustainable and innovative production methods. The emergence of …

Recent developments in the area of plant‐based hydrogels are introduced, especially those
derived from wood as a widely available, multiscale, and hierarchical source of …

Wood as an ecofriendly and renewable natural material has been extensively modified
through various delignification protocols to preserve its natural structure and fiber direction …

Spherical lignin nanoparticles (LNPs) fabricated via nanoprecipitation of dissolved lignin are
among the most attractive biomass-derived nanomaterials. Despite various studies …

The major factors determining enzymatic hydrolyzability of pretreated wheat straw were
analyzed and their relative importance quantified. The effects of NaOH-delignification …

Abstract Development of affordable thermal energy storage (TES) has been hampered by
the lack of environmentally benign and scalable phase-change materials (PCM). Here we …

Wood represents a highly suitable biobased scaffold for the development of mechanically
robust and functional materials. Its functionalizability can be enhanced by means of …

Superstructured colloidal materials exploit the synergies between components to develop
new or enhanced functions. Cohesion is a primary requirement for scaling up these …

The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of different pretreatments applied to industrial
slash pine sawdust (Pinus elliottii) on its enzymatic hydrolysis. NREL laboratory analytical …