This study explores a sustainable papermaking approach to contribute to forest conservation by repurposing delignified herbal waste and maple leaves as alternative cellulose sources. By reducing reliance on traditional wood-based materials, this meth...
Identifying sustainable resources of natural fibers is essential due to their high demand in industrial applications such as automotive and biomedical materials. Two alternative fibers obtained from canola and sweet clover stalks were characterized f...
Cotton is a valuable cash crop in many countries. Cotton fiber is a trichome that develops from a single epidermal cell and serves as an excellent model for understanding cell differentiation and other life processes. Alternative splicing (AS) of gen...
Due to increased pressure on the availability of wood biomass in the EU and the regulatory attempts to lower CO2 values, where wood-based biomass plays a crucial role in carbon sequestration, the use of cellulose derived from alternative sources is g...
The reinforcement of soils is the technique that geotechnical engineers currently use to improve the shear strength and bearing capacity parameters, especially when the land available for the execution of a project is not able to withstand the struct...
The inherent brittleness of glass-fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars limits their structural applicability despite their corrosion resistance and lightweight properties. This study addresses the critical challenge of enhancing the ductility and cra...
The transition to sustainable, biodegradable, and recyclable materials requires new sources of cellulose fibers that are already used in large volumes by forest industries. Oat and barley straws provide interesting alternatives to wood fibers in ligh...
The latest advances in green alternatives are being addressed with bio-based solutions, with uses and applications in new areas due to their wide potential, low cost, lightness, renewability, biodegradability, impact toughness, fatigue resistance, an...
Alternative splicing (AS) is a crucial post-transcriptional regulatory mechanism that contributes to proteome complexity and versatility in different plant species. However, detailed AS exploration in diploid cotton during fiber development has not b...
The search for alternative sources of plant-based ingredients to improve the textural and sensory properties of plant-based meat alternatives (PMAs) is a growing trend, with the potential to enhance the sustainability of global food systems. While mu...
An optimized “rigid-flexible” structure with multistage gradient modulus was constructed on carbon fiber (CF) surface via chemical grafting using “flexible” polyethyleneimine (PEI) and “rigid” polydopamine (PDA) be...
European paper mills are currently facing the question of whether recovered paper, their main raw material, will be available in sufficient quantities and an acceptable quality in the future. An alternative to recovered paper or wood fiber is the use...
We designed a tellurite microstructure fiber (TMF) and proposed a broadband optical frequency comb generation scheme that was based on electro-optical modulation and cascaded sign-alternated dispersion TMF (CSAD-TMF). In addition, the influence of di...
The aim of this work is to review a possible correlation of composition, thermal processing, and recent alternative stabilization technologies to the mechanical properties. The chemical microstructure of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) is discussed in detail...
Annually, approximately 3 billion tires are commercially transacted worldwide each year and an equivalent amount is disposed of by the end of their life. Despite the increase in the life of tires and the global economic and pandemic crisis, the numbe...
Different strategies have been used to degrade the molecular structure of lignins in natural fibers. Both chemical and biological processes can obtain different types of lignins for industrial use. In this study, a variation of the spectral intensity...
Straw fiber, as a kind of waste if not properly treated, will pollute the environment. It can be used in cement-based materials as a plant fiber material. Agricultural solid-waste straw fiber has good tensile properties and is expected to be used as...
Geopolymer materials have been gaining ground in the civil construction sector not only for having superior physical properties when compared to conventional cement, but also for being less harmful to the environment, since the synthesis of the geopo...
As a new cement-matrix composite material, fiber-reinforced concrete performs excellently in freeze–thaw resistance, tensile resistance, and seepage resistance. Since resistivity can be used to evaluate the performance of concrete, the resistiv...
With the growing demand for sustainable and high-performance construction materials, alkali-activated materials (AAM) have attracted significant interest as eco-friendly al-ternatives to cement-based systems. Nevertheless, the tensile ductility and A...
Electrospinning has evolved into a vital nanofiber production technique with broad applications across biomedical, environmental, and industrial sectors. Alternating current (AC) and pulsed voltage (PV) electrospinning offer transformative alternativ...
Basalt fibers possess high tensile strength and excellent corrosion resistance, properties that may enhance the chloride resistance of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) structures. Nevertheless, the effects of basalt fibers on RAC structures under ch...
Reactive powder concrete (RPC) is widely used in large-scale bridges, and its durability in coastal areas has become a significant concern. Straw fibers have been evidenced to improve the mechanical properties of concrete, while research on their inf...
In this study distributed fiber optic sensing has been used to measure strain along a vertical well of a depth of 300 m during a pumping test. The observed strain data has been used in geomechanical simulation, in which a combined analytical and nume...
Focusing on the dilemma that the traditional lateral shear keys are ineffectual in limiting the displacement and repair of small-to-medium spanning highway bridges, this paper briefly describes the necessity of considering fiber-reinforced polymer co...
Robotic coreless filament winding using alternative material systems based on natural fibers and bio-based resin systems offers possible solutions to the productivity and sustainability challenges of the building and construction sector. Their applic...
E-textiles represent an emerging technology aiming toward the development of fabric with augmented functionalities, enabling the integration of displays, sensors, and other electronic components into textiles. Healthcare, protective clothing, fashion...
Local knowledge of a region is an asset that encourages the identification of a region. Hence, the specificity, uniqueness, and character that animates a particular city can distinguish it significantly from other cities. Sago tree fronds are widely...
Manufacturers of technical polymers must increasingly consider the degradability of their products due to the growing public interest in topics such as greenhouse gas emissions and microplastic pollution. Biobased polymers are part of the solution, b...
Flexible, stretchable electroluminescent fibers are of significance to meet the escalating requirements of increasing complexity and multifunctionality of smart electronics. We report a stretchable alternating current electroluminescent (ACEL) fiber...
The US has a pet population of approximately 70 million dogs and 74 million cats. Humans have developed a strong emotional bond with companion animals. As a consequence, pet owners seek ways to improve health, quality of life and longevity of their p...
Composites are a promising material for high-specific strength applications; specifically, fiber-reinforced polymer composites (FRPCs) are in the limelight for their extraordinary mechanical properties. Amongst all FRPCs, carbon fiber reinforcements...
The ability to substitute peat use in horticulture with potentially more sustainable alternatives hinges on the local availability of suitable biomass resources and whether these resources can be easily processed to achieve similar agronomic effectiv...
The main aim of this study was to enhance the content of soluble dietary fiber (SDF) derived from rice bran (RB) through various treatments, including physical methods (ultrasound and alternating magnetic field (AMF)) and enzymatic approaches (cellul...
The transformation of organic by-products derived from waste into value-added resources represents a promising strategy to advance circular economy principles and bolster environmental and agricultural sustainability, especially in soilless cultivati...
The objective of this study was to evaluate how high-energy milling affects the structural, thermal, and morphological properties of brewer’s spent grain fibers over time. The researchers determined the chemical composition of the samples using...
In the present research, a plant-based leather substitute material or leather alternative was developed from natural rubber (NR) and pineapple leaf fiber (PALF) using a simple process. Pineapple leaf fiber was extracted from waste pineapple leaves us...
The search for sustainable alternatives to synthetic composites has become increasingly relevant in aerospace engineering education and student rocketry. Fiberglass is widely used for rocket fuselages due to its favorable balance of performance and c...
Automotive and industrial design companies have profusely used commodity materials like glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene. These materials show advantageous ratios between cost and mechanical properties, but poor environmental yields. Natural fibe...
Commercial hemodialyzers are hollow-fiber cylindrical modules with dimensions and inlet–outlet configurations dictated mostly by practice. However, alternative configurations are possible, and one may ask how they would behave in terms of perfo...
The aim of the article is to present recent developments in material research with bisphenyl-polymer/carbon-fiber-reinforced composite that have produced highly influential results toward improving upon current titanium bone implant clinical osseoint...
Myostatin (MSTN) negatively regulates muscle growth and development through inhibiting myoblast proliferation and differentiation. Five alternative splicing isoforms of MSTN (MSTN-A to MSTN-E) have been discovered in domestic avian species. MSTN-A ha...
This paper evaluates the modification of fiber morphology and the strength property development of paper from Enset fiber as a function of soda pulping conditions and refining energy. Soda pulping was conducted at pulping temperatures between 160 and...
The Sagnac interferometer-based fiber-optic hydrophone (S-FOH) exhibits a frequency-dependent response, causing the output signal to deviate from the original acoustic signal, with severe cases leading to signal distortion. A response equalization de...
Decreasing arable land, rising urbanization, water scarcity, and climate change exert pressure on agricultural producers. Moving from soil to soilless culture systems can improve water use efficiency, especially in closed-loop systems with a recircul...
Magnetic nanofibers were prepared by electrospinning polymer/metal solutions of poly(acrylonitrile) (PAN) with magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles. At a mass ratio of PAN:magnetite of 2:1, the total solid content in the dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) solution...
This research investigated the effects of cassava residue meal (CRM) and fermented CRM (FCRM) on the growth performance, serum lipid indicators, carcass traits, and meat quality of Huanjiang mini-pigs. One hundred twenty Huanjiang mini-pigs with simi...
In this review, the principles to detect flaws with uniform eddy currents were presented based on the shape and orientation of the excitation coils and detection coils of the probe. Techniques are applied to detect flaws like cracks, especially on th...
The ever-increasing requirements in the field of energy efficiency of buildings imply the necessity of using an ever-increasing amount of insulation in building structures. However, together with the requirements of the new EPBD directive EU/2024/127...
Geotechnical engineering projects carried out within the framework of the low-emission economy and the circular economy are the subject of many publications. Some of these studies present the use of various waste materials, as soil additives, for imp...
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