Chitosan is an antimicrobial, biodegradable and biocompatible natural polymer,
commercially derived from the partial deacetylation of chitin. Currently modified chitosan has …

Plant polysaccharides represent a natural source material characterized by high ubiquity,
abundance and biological activities that can be utilised as organic matter in numerous …

Globally, the building, construction and demolition industry generates the largest percentage
of waste. Building material waste is still commonly landfilled, and materials such as concrete …

A facile and environment-friendly bionic strategy is developed to construct high-performance
soybean meal (SM)-based multifunctional adhesives by using chitosan-functionalized boron …

Consumer trends towards environmentally friendly products are driving plastics industries to
investigate more benign alternatives to petroleum-based polymers. In the case of adhesives …

In this paper, cassava starch was used as the main raw material to prepare high
performance and environment-friendly starch-based adhesive. Starch was grafted with …

In recent years, bio-based wood adhesives have gained an increased industrial and
research interest as an environmentally friendly and renewable alternative to the …

Petroleum-derived formaldehyde resin adhesives are serious hazards to human health and
depend on limited resources. Abundant, cheap and renewable biomass materials are …

Developing eco-friendly soy protein-based adhesives instead of the extensively used
aldehyde-based adhesives to fabricate wood-based panels can reduce environmental …

A flame retardant high-performance gelatinized starch (GS)-ammonium dihydrogen
phosphate (ADP) wood adhesive, named GS-ADP adhesive was prepared by condensation …