Objective: Carpenter bees nesting on wooden components of ancient buildings brings damage to wooden structures. This study evaluated the carpenter bees damage grade for wooden components in order to provide a basis and an evaluation standard for the investigation and maintenance design of ancient...

Chinese investment in Africa is substantial and growing. The country's investment and trade in Africa's natural resource sectors have significant implications for African forests. More than 75% of African timber exports go to China - in Mozambique, for example, the share is over 90%. IIED's...

Experiments were carried out to investigate cellulose and furfural from catalytic hydrolysis of corncob. This process improved the comprehensive utilization of hemicellulose and cellulose in biomass resources. Influence of factors (temperature, reaction time, concentration of catalysts, liquid to...

Size exclusion chromatography with multi-angle laser light-scattering detectors was applied for acetylated softwood and hardwood kraft lignins (Ac-SKL and Ac-HKL) and 8-O-4' type of linear polymeric lignin model (Ac-M-8O4') to compare their swelling behaviors. The plot of molar mass (MM) vs....

In this study, a novel lignicolous freshwater species, Parafuscosporella xishuangbannaensis, which was collected from Manfeilong reservoir in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China, is described and illustrated. The new species was established based on morphological characteristics and multi-locus...

The beams and columns in Chinese ancient wooden buildings were connected with mortise-tenon joints, which are semi-rigid due to the friction and squeezing deformation between mortise and tenon. In this paper, a friction constitutive model for the friction behavior between mortise and tenon was...

It is anticipated that the insight into the demethylation and mechanism of CH₄ formation from natural lignin using in-situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (in-situ FTIR) combined with two-dimensional perturbation correlation infrared spectroscopy (2D-PCIS) and density...

Mechanical strength and water resistance are typical issues with cellulose paper due to the nature of cellulose. Specialty papers that are highly foldable, such as banknotes and securities, must be able to withstand multiple folding actions while also providing exceptional durability. In this...

Even though nanocellulose has been significantly sought after as a promising nanomaterial with great merits of biorenewability and excellent mechanical and optical properties, its preparation involves multiple steps with the utilization of strong acids or expensive enzymes, which has much hindered...

An efficient and sustainable pretreatment, such as organosolv pretreatment that produces high-quality lignin and highly digestible carbohydrates, could enable the potential complete utilization of lignocellulosic biomass. Demand for bio-based solvents with a high boiling point, low viscosity, and...