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Home > Vol 16, No 1 (2021)

Vol 16, No 1 (2021)

Table of Contents

Editorials (Opinion Pieces)

Nanocellulose: Beyond the Ordinary Kojiro Uetani, Takuya Kitaoka

PDF 1-4

Miscanthus: Beyond its Use as an Energy Crop Mengyao Sa, Bojin Zhang, Shengdong Zhu

PDF 5-8

Industrial Biomaterials Start-ups: Technology Selection Joel Justin Pawlak

PDF 9-12

Education, Research, and Dishwashers in the Time of COVID-19 John A. Heitmann

PDF 13-15

When Defects Dominate: Rheology of Nanofibrillated Cellulose Suspensions Martin A. Hubbe

PDF 16-18

Research Articles (Peer Reviewed)

Risk Analysis, Practice, and Considerations in Capital Budgeting: Evidence from the Field for the Bio-based Industry Camilla Abbati de Assis, Antonio Suarez, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Jeffrey Stonebraker, Carlos Carrillo, Sudipta Dasmohapatra, Hasan Jameel, Ronalds Gonzalez

PDF 19-45

Influence of Mechanical Surface Preparation Methods on the Bonding of Southern Pine and Spotted Gum: Tensile Shear Strength of Lap Joints William Leggate, Robert McGavin, Andrew Outhwaite, Chandan Kumar, Adam Faircloth, Mark Knackstedt

PDF 46-61

Changes in Hardwood Sawtimber Growth, Mortality, and Removals in the Eastern United States William G. Luppold, Mathew S. Bumgardner

PDF 62-76

Effect of Temperature on Composite Films Made with Activated Carbon, Graphite, or Graphene Oxide (GO) in a Gelatin Matrix Siqiao Yang, Haichao Li

PDF 77-95

Preparation of Shape-Stabilized Phase Change Material by the Valorization of Oil Palm Waste: Reduced Graphene Oxide-activated Carbon Derived Carbon Matrix for Thermal Energy Storage Salisu Nasir, Mohd Zobir Hussien, Zulkarnain Zainal, Nor Azah Yusof

PDF 96-117

Fractionation of Broom (Cytisus striatus) Biomass Components via Mild Sulfite Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis Tânia P. Gomes, Vera L. D. Costa, Álvaro F. C. Vaz, Rogério M. S. Simões

PDF 118-140

Temperature During the Vibration-assisted Compression of Alfalfa Xiaoyu Wu, Shuai Yang, Chundong Song, Kun Ding, Chuanzhong Xuan, Yanhua Ma

PDF 141-150

Research on Tool Wear Factors for Milling Wood-plastic Composites Based on Response Surface Methodology Weihua Wei, Yingli Li, Yuantong Li, Yiqi Xu, Changyong Yang

PDF 151-162

The Effect of Stimulants and Environmental Factors on Resin Yield of Pinus merkusii Tapping Ganis Lukmandaru, Syaiful Amri, Sigit Sunarta, Tomy Listyanto, Rini Pujiarti, Ragil Widyorini

PDF 163-175

Morphology and Properties of Agarwood-waste-filled Natural Rubber Latex Foam Narissara Mahathaninwong, Thiensak Chucheep, Seppo Karrila, Wichuta Songmuang, Napat Rodsang, Suphatchakorn Limhengha

PDF 176-189

Furfural Preparation using KHSO4 as the Catalyst and its Recovery and Reuse Yi-Mei Sun, Jun Wang, Yi-Ming Yu, Jin-hui Wang, Ming-Gong Chen, Ming-Qiang Chen

PDF 190-208

Fabrication of Lignocellulosic Biomass Paper Containing Nanofibrillated Biomass Samarthya Bhagia, John R. Dunlap, Mohammed Zahid A. Khuraishi, Richard R. Lowden, Wellington Muchero, Uday K. Vaidya, Yunqiao Pu, Arthur J. Ragauskas

PDF 209-222

Preparation of Hydrogen-rich Gas by Catalytic Pyrolysis of Straw-plastic Mixture with Nickel-based Honeycomb Cinder Zeshan Li, Yiran Zhang, Tao Xiong, Bolin Li, Menghan Xiao, Xianzhou Xu, Rui Hu, Yuan Zhu, Jianfen Li

PDF 223-235

The Durability of Press-formed Paperboard Trays – Effects of Sealing and Drying Arvo Niini, Ville Leminen, Panu Tanninen, Juha Varis, Teija Laukala

PDF 236-248

Modified Lignin Nanosphere Adsorbent for Lead and Copper Ions Baoshan Xie, Yi Hou, Youming Li

PDF 249-262

Verification and Further Study on Method of Measuring Contact Force Between Mortise and Tenon Joint Wei-Lian Fu, Hui-Yuan Guan, Xin-Yi Zhang

PDF 263-276

Preparation and Characterization of Polydimethylsiloxane-based Paper Transparentizing Agent and its Application in Paper Coating Haoran Ma, Yujie Gao, Longgang Tian

PDF 277-290

Production, Purification, and Characterization of Alkaline Protease from Aspergillus flavus and its Compatibility with Commercial Detergents Amtul Wadood Wajeeha, Muhammad Javaid Asad, Raja Tahir Mahmood, Tayyaba Zainab, Sidrah Nazir, Jehangir Khan, Muhammad B. Shah, Maqsood Ahmed, Syed L. Shah, Muhammad Ismail, Nasib Zaman, Dawood Ahmed, M. Imran Khan, Muhammad Rizwan

PDF 291-301

The Influence of Mechanical Surface Preparation Method, Adhesive Type, and Curing Temperature on the Bonding of Darwin Stringybark William Leggate, Robert L. McGavin, Andrew Outhwaite, Jack Dorries, Rhianna Robinson, Chandan Kumar, Adam Faircloth, Mark Knackstedt

PDF 302-323

Preparation of Acicular Mesoporous Char Sulfonic Acid and Its Application for Conversion of Fructose to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Shuang Zhang, Xiaohui Han, Yanjie Liu, Ling Liu, Jiajun Yang, Long Zhang

PDF 324-338

Analysis of Furniture Products’ Contribution to Turkey’s Economy with a Hybrid Multi-criteria Decision Making Method Nadir Ersen

PDF 339-353

Racking Performance of Poplar Laminated Veneer Lumber Frames and Frame-shear Hybrid Walls Yan Liu, Zizhen Gao, Hongwei Ma, Meng Gong, Honghe Wang

PDF 354-371

Variations of Moisture Content in Manufacturing CLT-Concrete Composite Slab Using Wet Construction Method Yo-Jin Song, Seong-Yeob Baek, In-Hwan Lee, Soon-Il Hong

PDF 372-386

Effect of Smoke Treatment on Flexural Strength of Bamboo Hierarchical Structure Raviduth Ramful, Atsushi Sakuma

PDF 387-402

Science and Technology Courses during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Early Evidences from a Survey of Malaysian Universities Jegatheswaran Ratnasingam, Natkuncaran Jegathesan, Hazirah Ab Latib, Lee Yan Yi, Manohar Mariapan, Florin Ioras, Amir Affan Abdul Azim

PDF 403-416

Effect of Using Regenerated Combined FAU and MOR Zeolites as Catalysts during the Pyrolysis of Kraft Lignin Ajoy Kanti Mondal, Chengrong Qin, Arthur Jonas Ragauskas, Yonghao Ni, Fang Huang

PDF 417-440

Preparation of Uniformly Dispersed N-isopropylacryl-amide/Acrylic acid/Nanosilver Composite Hydrogel and its Anti-Mold Properties Rui Peng, Huilong Yu, Chungui Du, Jingjing Zhang, Ailian Hu, Qi Li, Yating Hua, Hongzhi Liu, Shimin Chu

PDF 441-454

Pretreatment of Pussy Willow and Korean Pine Using Various Ionic Liquids and their Mixtures with Organic Solvents for Enzymatic Saccharification Song-Yi Han, Chan-Woo Park, Eun-Ah Lee, Ji-Soo Park, Gu-Joong Kwon, Nam-Hun Kim, Seung-Hwan Lee

PDF 455-469

Determining the Adsorption and Desorption Properties of Flavonoids Found in Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. Leaves Using Macroporous Resin and Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor Screening Zhihong Wang, Zhigang She, Mijun Peng, Qiuling Yang, Tao Huang

PDF 470-491

Antifungal Potential of Three Natural Oils and Their Effects on the Thermogravimetric and Chromatic Behaviors When Applied to Historical Paper and Various Commercial Paper Sheets Maisa M. A. Mansour, Mohamed Zidan Mohamed Salem, Rushdya Rabee Ali Hassan, Hayssam M. Ali, Dunia A. Al Farraj, Mohamed S. Elshikh

PDF 492-514

Effect of Technological Parameters on Energetic Efficiency When Planar Milling Heat-treated Oak Wood Peter Koleda, Štefan Barcík, Michal Korčok, Zuzana Jamberová, Vadzim Chayeuski

PDF 515-528

Improved Flame Retardancy and Thermal Stability of P- and N-containing Diphenol Epoxy Resins from Lignin Oxidation Degraded Derivatives Liqing Zhu, Jiewang Ye, Weimiao Lu, Yan Zhang, Zhenfu Jin

PDF 529-545

Chemical and Morphological Changes in Fibre Structure due to Material Heating during Ultrasonic-assisted Embossing of Cardboard Ulrike Käppeler, Jennes Hünniger, André Hofmann, Simon Hamblyn, Andrea Berlich, Lutz Engisch

PDF 546-557

Medium-density Fibreboard Milling Using Selected Technological Parameters Grzegorz Pinkowski, Waldemar Szymański, Magdalena Piernik, Andrzej Krauss

PDF 558-571

Strength and Dimensional Stability of Cement Bonded Board Reinforced with Tomato Stem Particles and Coconut Husk Dust Lawrence Olanipekun Aguda, Babatunde Ajayi, Bisola Bakare, Yetunde Aguda, Kayode Olaoye, Abisayo Akala, Olaoluwa Adegoke

PDF 572-582

Shear Behavior of I-shaped Wood-steel Composite Beams Shixu Wu, Qifeng Shan, Jialiang Zhang, Keting Tong, Yushun Li

PDF 583-596

Film Formation and Foamability of Cellulose Derivatives: Influence of Co-binders and Substrate Properties on Coating Holdout Johanna Lyytikäinen, Sami-Seppo Ovaska, Isto Heiskanen, Kaj Backfolk

PDF 597-613

Preparation and Characterization of Bio-based Activated Carbon from Fish Scales Qingsong Ji, Haichao Li, Jingjing Zhang

PDF 614-621

High Yield of Ethanol Production by the Strain Fusarium sp. ZW-21 with Corncob Hydrolysate Xiaohui Liang, Hongyu Si, Dongliang Hua, Yuxiao Zhao

PDF 622-632

Evaluation of the Compression Strength Performance of Fiber-reinforced Polymer (FRP) and Steel-reinforced Laminated Timber Composed of Small-diameter Timber In-Hwan Lee, Yo-Jin Song, Soon-Il Hong

PDF 633-642

Reliability of the Measurement Method in Determining the Mass Concentration of Hardwood Dust Anka Ozana Čavlović, Ivan Bešlić, Željka Zgorelec, Josip Ožegović

PDF 643-654

Effects of Filler Type and Content on the Mechanical, Morphological, and Thermal Properties of Waste Casting Polyamide 6 (W-PA6G)-based Wood Plastic Composites Belgi̇n Şeker Hirçin, Hüseyin Yörür, Fatih Mengeloğlu

PDF 655-668

Geographical Origin and Log Quality Influence on the Mechanical Properties of Scots Pine Sawnwood Sławomir Krzosek, Izabela Burawska-Kupniewska, Piotr Mańkowski

PDF 669-683

A New Method to Evaluate the Hand-feel Potential of Furnishes for Tissue Paper Products Marcel Prinz, Helga Zollner-Croll, Wolfgang Bauer, Frank Meltzer

PDF 684-697

Review Articles (Peer Reviewed)

Cocoa Pod Husks as Potential Sources of Renewable High-Value-Added Products: A Review of Current Valorizations and Future Prospects Leygnima Yaya Ouattara, Esaie Kouadio Appiah Kouassi, Doudjo Soro, Yaya Soro, Kouassi Benjamin Yao, Kopoin Adouby, Allali Patrick Drogui, Dayal Rajeshwar Tyagi, Pepin Martin Aina

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Formulating Bioplastic Composites for Biodegradability, Recycling, and Performance: A Review Martin A. Hubbe, Nathalie Lavoine, Lucian A. Lucia, Chang Dou

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A Perspective of Lignin Processing and Utilization Technologies for Composites and Plastics with Emphasis on Technical and Market Trends Marcel Kropat, Mochen Liao, Hyeonji Park, Khandoker Samaher Salem, Shelly Johnson, Dimitris S. Argyropoulos

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