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Synthesis and characterization of starch-stabilized polyvinyl acetate-N-methylol acrylamide polymer-based wood adhesive
Moisture-resistant environmentally friendly starch-stabilized adhesive joints are obtained by modifying starch-stabilized polyvinyl acetate (PVAc)...
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Effects of action processes on wood modification: the in situ polymerization of epoxy monomers as an example
A suitable polymer formation process is crucial for the design of new wood modification systems. An unsuitable polymer formation process may result...
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Lipid Raft Isolation by Sucrose Gradient Centrifugation and Visualization of Raft-Located Proteins by Fluorescence Microscopy: The Use of Combined Techniques to Assess Fas/CD95 Location in Rafts During Apoptosis Triggering
Lipid rafts are heterogeneous membrane domains enriched in cholesterol, sphingolipids, and gangliosides that serve as sorting platforms to...
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Improving physical properties of wood–polymer composites by building stable interface structure between swelled cell walls and hydrophobic polymer
Wood–polymer composites (WPC) are commonly prepared by the impregnation and polymerization of active monomers in wood matrix. Due to the inferior...
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A new technique for promoting cyclic utilization of cyclodextrins in biotransformation
Cyclodextrins (CDs) can improve the productivity of steroid biotransformation by enhancing substrate solubility. CDs can be recycled by grafting them...
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Chemical Modification of Lignin for Renewable Polymers or Chemicals
Lignin is an abundant, but currently under-utilized, aromatic biopolymer accounting for up to 30 wt% of lignocellulosic biomass. Of the millions of...
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New alternatives for wood preservation based on thermal and chemical modification of wood— a review
Key message Increasing environmental pressures appearing over the last few years have led to important changes in the field of wood protection. In...
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Enhanced mechanical properties and water resistance of bamboo fiber–unsaturated polyester composites coupled by isocyanatoethyl methacrylate
Bamboo fibers were mechanically extracted from raw green bamboos by crushing, rolling, and combing techniques with 1,4-butanediol as a solvent. The...
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The Mechanical Properties of Water-Based Emulsion Polymers: Effect of Reaction Conditions
Emulsion homopolymers and copolymers (latexes) are widely used in architectural interior and exterior paints, adhesives, and textile industries....
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Hydroxymethylated resorcinol (HMR) priming agent for improved bondability of wax-treated wood
The effects of hydroxymethylated resorcinol (HMR) on the tensile shear strength of wood joints treated with montan ester wax were studied with...
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Optimization of the process of pressing particleboards by means of modifying phenol-formaldehyde resin with amide polymers
The paper investigates the effect of PF resin modification on the possibility of shortening the time or reducing the temperature when pressing...
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Studying Bacterial Adhesion to Hydrogel Contact Lenses
More than 25 million individuals in the United States wear hydrogel lenses for therapeutic or cosmetic purposes and hydrogel coated urinary catheters...
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The concentration dependence of sedimentation for polysaccharides
The relationship between the sedimentation coefficient s 0 and its concentration coefficient k s obtained in experiments on velocity sedimentation for...
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Biochemistry
The organophosphates exert their biological action in mammals and arthropods by attacking the system of neural transmission and thus interfering with...
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Protected Proteins in Ruminant Nutrition. In Vitro Evaluation of Casein Derivatives
Chemical treatment of proteins in feeds can, by crosslinking protein chains or other chemical effects, decrease their solubility and microbial...
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Chemical Reactions of Keratin Fibers
The chemical and physical properties of proteins can be ascribed to their primary, secondary, and tertiary structure. All these structures are...
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The Chemistry of Wool Finishing
Although wool finishing is as old as clothmaking itself, it is only comparatively recently that the subject has been treated in a scientific manner....
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Effects of triazine herbicides on the physiology of plants
Soon after the discovery of the potent herbicidal activity of certain classes of N-alkylated diamino-s-triazines, it was recognized that they act...