A5025890858- Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
- Lignin and Wood Chemistry
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
- Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
- Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
- Aerogels and thermal insulation
- Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
- Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
- Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
- Thermal properties of materials
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Electromagnetic wave absorption materials
- Enzyme-mediated dye degradation
- Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications
- Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
- Conducting polymers and applications
- Dielectric materials and actuators
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena
- Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
- Advanced oxidation water treatment
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
Nanjing Forestry University
2016-2025
State Ethnic Affairs Commission
2023
Qilu University of Technology
2020-2022
Shandong Academy of Sciences
2020-2022
Forest Products Laboratory
2016-2021
US Forest Service
2017-2021
State Forestry and Grassland Administration
2021
We report a near-complete dissolution of wood lignin at less than 80°C for 20 min using an easily recyclable hydrotrope.
Abstract Although advances in wireless technologies such as miniature and wearable electronics have improved the quality of our lives, ubiquitous use comes at expense increased exposure to electromagnetic (EM) radiation. Up date, extensive efforts been made develop high-performance EM absorbers based on synthetic materials. However, design an absorber with both exceptional dissipation ability good environmental adaptability remains a substantial challenge. Here, we report class carbon...
Developing advanced building materials with both excellent thermal insulating and optical properties to replace common glass (thermal conductivity of ∼1 W m–1 K–1) is highly desirable for energy-efficient applications. The recent development transparent wood suggests a promising material many advantages, including high transmittance, tunable haze, insulation. However, previous generally have haze (typically greater than 40%), which major obstacle their practical application in the...
Two lignin-containing cellulose nanofibril (LCNF) samples, produced from two unbleached kraft pulps with very different lignin contents, were used to produce reinforced polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogels. The effects of LCNF loading (0.25–2 wt %) and content on the rheological mechanical properties hydrogels investigated. 2 % LCNF-reinforced PVA exhibited up a 17-fold increase in storage modulus 4-fold specific Young's over that pure hydrogel. Both can be tuned by varying content. During...
Here we report the unparalleled performance of a novel acid hydrotrope, <italic>p</italic>-toluenesulfonic (<italic>p</italic>-TsOH), for rapid and nearly-complete dissolution wood lignin below boiling temperature water.
Flexible porous membranes have attracted increasing scientific interest due to their wide applications in flexible electronics, energy storage devices, sensors, and bioscaffolds. Here, inspired by nature, we develop a facile scalable top-down approach for fabricating superflexible, biocompatible, biodegradable three-dimensional (3D) membrane directly from natural wood (coded as membrane) via one-step chemical treatment. The superflexibility is attributed both physical changes of the wood,...
Cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) have attracted great attention because of their unique mechanical and optical properties for a variety applications in composites, packaging materials, electronics. Green, low-cost, sustainable production CNFs, however, is still challenging. Herein, an economic system using type recyclable solid organic acid, maleic acid (MA), was developed to prepare carboxylated CNFs from bleached pulp fibers. The physical chemical the CNF can be tailored by adjusting...
LNPs were utilized as functional fillers to enhance the thermal conductivity, flame-retardancy, and flexibility of BN-OH/PVA composite film.
Thehighly efficient utilization of lignin is great importance for the development biorefinery industry. Herein, a novel "core–shell" nanoparticle (LNP) with diameter around 135 nm was prepared, after isolated from effluent formic acid fractionation via dialysis. In an attempt to endow composite materials vital functionalities, LNP added starch film and starch/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) or starch/polyethylene oxide (PEO) film. The results showed that hydrophobicity performance synthesized films...
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are clean and sustainable materials that have drawn significant attention in academia industry because of their unique physicochemical properties. However, realizing economical environmentally friendly production CNCs remains a challenge. In this study, we proposed an innovative strategy to fabricate CNCs, which involves the acid hydrolysis pretreatment wood cellulose fibers using innocuous recyclable ferric chloride hexahydrate (FeCl3·6H2O). During molten...
Abstract Graphene quantum dots are the latest addition to low‐dimensional nanomaterial family, which have drawn growing attention due their unique physiochemical properties and potential applications in many fields. However, practical application is hindered by high fabrication cost environmental concerns regarding unsustainable carbon sources routes. This work demonstrates a universal approach fabricate various heteroatom(s) doped lignin‐derived graphene (LGQDs) for utilization...