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    Avoiding ecosystem and social impacts of hydropower, wind, and solar in Southern Africa’s low-carbon electricity system

    The scale at which low-carbon electricity will need to be deployed to meet economic growth, electrification, and climate goals in Africa is unprecedented, yet the potential land use and freshwater impacts from...

    Grace C. Wu, Ranjit Deshmukh, Anne Trainor, Anagha Uppal… in Nature Communications (2024)

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    Detection and quantitation of cellulose II by Raman spectroscopy

    In cellulose materials, the cellulose II allomorph is often present either exclusively or in conjunction with cellulose I, the natural cellulose. Moreover, in regenerated and mercerized fibers (e,g., lyocell a...

    Umesh P. Agarwal, Sally A. Ralph, Carlos Baez, Richard S. Reiner in Cellulose (2021)

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    Characterization of the supramolecular structures of cellulose nanocrystals of different origins

    Properties of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) depend upon their supramolecular structures, which are important to understand in order to optimize their applications. In this investigation, the structures of CNCs...

    Umesh P. Agarwal, Richard S. Reiner, Sally A. Ralph, Jeffery Catchmark… in Cellulose (2021)

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    Advances in the Implementation of Apivectoring Technology in Colombia: Strawberry Case (Fragaria x ananassa)

    This paper reports on the implementation of the Apivectoring Technology for the first time in an experimental strawberry crop (Fragaria x ananassa) in Colombia. Honey bees (Apis mellifera) were used as vector of ...

    Saira Espinosa, Judith Figueroa… in Entomovectoring for Precision Biocontrol a… (2020)

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    Production of high lignin-containing and lignin-free cellulose nanocrystals from wood

    A new method is described for producing high-lignin-containing and lignin-free cellulose nanocrystals from poplar wood (HLCNCs and LFCNCs, respectively). This was accomplished by first hydrothermally treating ...

    Umesh P. Agarwal, Sally A. Ralph, Richard S. Reiner, Christopher G. Hunt… in Cellulose (2018)

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    Effect of sample moisture content on XRD-estimated cellulose crystallinity index and crystallite size

    Although X-ray diffraction (XRD) has been the most widely used technique to investigate crystallinity index (CrI) and crystallite size (L200) of cellulose materials, there are not many studies that have taken int...

    Umesh P. Agarwal, Sally A. Ralph, Carlos Baez, Richard S. Reiner… in Cellulose (2017)

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    Probing crystallinity of never-dried wood cellulose with Raman spectroscopy

    The structure of wood cell wall cellulose in its native state remains poorly understood, limiting the progress of research and development in numerous areas, including plant science, biofuels, and nanocellulos...

    Umesh P. Agarwal, Sally A. Ralph, Richard S. Reiner, Carlos Baez in Cellulose (2016)

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    Tailoring the yield and characteristics of wood cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) using concentrated acid hydrolysis

    Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) have recently received much attention in the global scientific community for their unique mechanical and optical properties. Here, we conducted the first detailed exploration of th...

    Liheng Chen, Qianqian Wang, Kolby Hirth, Carlos Baez, Umesh P. Agarwal… in Cellulose (2015)

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    Impacts of fiber orientation and milling on observed crystallinity in jack pine

    Influences of fiber orientation and milling on wood cellulose crystallinity were studied using jack pine wood. The fiber orientation effects were measured by sampling rectangular wood blocks in radial, tangent...

    Umesh P. Agarwal, Sally A. Ralph, Richard S. Reiner… in Wood Science and Technology (2014)

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    Influence of drying restraint on physical and mechanical properties of nanofibrillated cellulose films

    Nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) is a renewable and biodegradable fibril that possesses high strength and stiffness resulting from high level hydrogen bonding. Films made from NFC shrink and distort as they tra...

    Carlos Baez, John Considine, Robert Rowlands in Cellulose (2014)

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    Tissue engineered testicular prostheses with prolonged testosterone release

    Bilateral anorchia, either congenital or acquired, often requires testicular prostheses placement and testosterone supplementation. Several types of testosterone compounds and various modes of hormone delivery...

    Atlantida M. Raya-Rivera, Carlos Baez, Anthony Atala… in World Journal of Urology (2008)