High performance fibers are widely applied to wood-based composites as reinforcement to improve mechanical performance of composites. Design and mechanical performance tests of basalt fiber cloth reinforced bamboo and poplar veneer (BFRBV) composite are presented in this paper. The fiber surface...

Harvested wood products (HWPs) in-use, disposed to landfill, and the charcoal created by biomass fuel burning substantially store carbon and potentially mitigate the greenhouse gas effect. To quantify the HWPs carbon storage, we developed a carbon accounting framework, which has the ability to...

A series of single-grit cutting tests were performed with spherical cone tools on sugar maple (Acer saccharum) wood to investigate its surface creation and cutting behavior. The tools with apex angles 2α = 84 and 2α = 108 were selected to clarify the effect of negative rake angles. It was found...

Poplar wood flour wood-plastic composites (WPCs) prepared with high-density polyethylene and modified with different amounts of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) were created. The influence of EVA content on the surface properties and weathering characteristics after ultraviolet (UV) treatment was...

The main pollution sources of heavy metals are the arbitrary discharge of industrial wastewater and waste residues, which cause serious harm to the water environment, soil environment, and human health. In this study, following the principle of waste utilization, a gel adsorbent (AA-SW-AMPS) was...

Biodegradable poly(lactic acid) (PLA) is considered a potential alternative to traditional petroleum-based plastics due to its biodegradable and biocompatible nature. However, the poor UV shielding ability of PLA limits its application in the packaging field. In this work, to improve the UV...

Developing highly porous and conductive carbon electrodes is crucial for high-performance electrochemical double-layer capacitors. We provide a method for preparing supercapacitor electrode materials using zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8)-coated wood fibers. The material has high nitrogen...

Lignification is a typical characteristic of senescence of bamboo shoots during postharvest storage. In this study, exogenous hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) and diphenyliodonium iodide (DPI) were applied to postharvest bamboo shoots to explore the regulation of H₂O₂ in the lignification process. Bamboo...

Fractal geometry describes the complex pore structure in natural and heat-treated wood and the relationship between pore structure and wood properties, such as strength, heat conductivity, and transport properties. However, the fractal types and the scale-dependent properties of natural and...

Wood is complex in its chemical composition that has an important influence on its chemical behavior and mechanical strength. The complexity is reflected in the ultrastructure of the wood cell wall. In particular, the concentration of main components (cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin) changes...