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Reducing leaching of boron-based wood preservatives – A review of research by Obanda, Diana N., Shupe, Todd F., Barnes, H. Michael

“…Inorganic borates offer good protection to timber in most non-ground contact applications. The effective use of low solubility borates has not yet been…”
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Agricultural and Forest Residues towards Renewable Chemicals and Materials Using Microwave Liquefaction by Qi, Jinqiu, Xie, Jiulong, Zhao, Hongli, Shao, Huijuan, Shupe, Todd F.

“…Microwave-assisted liquefaction is regarded as a promising thermochemical approach to produce renewable and sustainable chemicals and materials from…”
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Renewable natural resources reinforced polyurethane foam for use of lightweight thermal insulation by Shao, Huijuan, Zhang, Qiyuan, Liu, Han, Guo, Wenjing, Jiang, Yongze, Chen, Lin, He, Lu, Qi, Jinqiu, Xiao, Hui, Chen, Yuzhu, Huang, Xingyan, Xie, Jiulong, Shupe, Todd F

“…To obtain the energy-saving and environment-friendly lightweight bio-based thermal insulation, polyurethane matrix was incorporated with wood fiber, bamboo…”
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Characterization of liquefied wood residues from different liquefaction conditions by Pan, Hui, Shupe, Todd F., Hse, Chung-Yun

“…The amount of wood residue is used as a measurement of the extent of wood liquefaction. Characterization of the residue from wood liquefaction provides a new…”
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Isolation and characterization of cellulose nanofibers from bamboo using microwave liquefaction combined with chemical treatment and ultrasonication by Xie, Jiulong, Hse, Chung-Yun, De Hoop, Cornelis F., Hu, Tingxing, Qi, Jinqiu, Shupe, Todd F.

“…•Micro-sized residue with high cellulose content was first produced from bamboo by microwave liquefaction.•The cellulose enriched residues could be readily…”
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Optimization for microwave-assisted direct liquefaction of bamboo residue in glycerol/methanol mixtures by Xie, Jiulong, Qi, Jinqiu, Hse, Chungyun, Shupe, Todd F

“…Bamboo residues were liquefied in a mixture of glycerol and methanol in the presence of sulfuric acid using microwave energy. We investigated the effects of…”
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Hydrothermal processing of biomass from invasive aquatic plants by Catallo, W. James, Shupe, Todd F., Eberhardt, Thomas L.

“…The purpose of this study was to examine the hydrothermal (HT) treatment of three invasive aquatic plants (i.e., Lemna sp., Hydrilla sp., and Eichhornia sp.)…”
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Characteristics of regenerated nanocellulosic fibers from cellulose dissolution in aqueous solutions for wood fiber/polypropylene composites by Lee, Sangyeob, Pan, Hui, Hse, Chung Y, Gunasekaran, Alfred R, Shupe, Todd F

“…The effects of aqueous solutions were evaluated on the properties of regenerated cellulosic nanofibers prepared from pure cellulose fibers in various…”
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Effect of fabricated density and bamboo species on physical–mechanical properties of bamboo fiber bundle reinforced composites by Xie, Jiulong, Qi, Jinqiu, Hu, Tingxing, De Hoop, Cornelis F., Hse, Chung Yun, Shupe, Todd F.

“…Bamboo stems were subjected to a mechanical treatment process for the extraction of bamboo fiber bundles. The fiber bundles were used as reinforcement for the…”
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Physicochemical characterization of lignin recovered from microwave-assisted delignified lignocellulosic biomass for use in biobased materials by Xie, Jiulong, Hse, Chung-Yun, Shupe, Todd F., Hu, Tingxing

“…ABSTRACT Lignocellulosic biomass (Moso Bamboo, Chinese tallow tree wood, switchgrass, and pine wood) was subjected to a novel delignification process using…”
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Methanolysis Fractionation and Catalytic Conversion of Poplar Wood toward Methyl Levulinate, Phenolics, and Glucose by Zhai, Qiaolong, Hse, Chung-yun, Long, Feng, Shupe, Todd F, Wang, Fei, Jiang, Jianchun, Xu, Junming

“…In the present study, methanolysis of poplar biomass was conducted for the selective transformation of hemicellulose and lignin, which leads to methyl…”
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Facile Fractionation of Bamboo Wood Toward Biomass Valorization by p‑TsOH-Based Methanolysis Pretreatment by Zhai, Qiaolong, Long, Feng, Hse, Chung-yun, Wang, Fei, Shupe, Todd F, Jiang, Jianchun, Xu, Junming

“…A mild methanolysis pretreatment strategy was developed with a recyclable acid, p-TsOH, as the catalyst for the fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass toward…”
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Antioxidant activity of extracts from the wood and bark of Port Orford cedar [Chamaecyparis lawsoniana] by Gao, H.(Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge (USA)), Shupe, T.F, Eberhardt, T.L, Hse, C.Y

“…Heartwood, sapwood, and inner and outer bark of Port Orford cedar were extracted with methanol, and the extracts evaluated for antioxidant activity. The total…”
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Preparation of polyurethane foams using fractionated products in liquefied wood by Xu, Junming, Jiang, Jianchun, Hse, Chung-Yun, Shupe, Todd F.

“…Liquefaction of sawdust was studied using glycerol and methanol as mix solvents. A new bio‐polyol product consisting of high purity multi‐hydroxy compounds was…”
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Extraction and characterization of holocellulose fibers by microwave-assisted selective liquefaction of bamboo by Xie, Jiulong, Hse, Chung-Yun, Shupe, Todd F., Pan, Hui, Hu, Tingxing

“…ABSTRACT Microwave‐assisted selective liquefaction was proposed and used as a novel method for the isolation of holocellulose fibers. The results showed that…”
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Polyols from Microwave Liquefied Bagasse and Its Application to Rigid Polyurethane Foam by Xie, Jiulong, Zhai, Xianglin, Hse, Chung Yun, Shupe, Todd F, Pan, Hui

“…Bagasse flour (BF) was liquefied using bi-component polyhydric alcohol (PA) as a solvent and phosphoric acid as a catalyst in a microwave reactor. The effect…”
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Effect of Methanol on the Liquefaction Reaction of Biomass in Hot Compressed Water under Microwave Energy by Xu, Junming, Jiang, Jianchun, Hse, Chung-yun, Shupe, Todd F

“…Liquefaction of sawdust was studied in methanol–water solutions using an acid catalyst under microwave energy. The effect of the methanol concentration on the…”
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Effect of different catalysts on urea-formaldehyde resin synthesis by Sun, Qi-Ning, Hse, Chung-Yun, Shupe, Todd F.

“…ABSTRACT Four catalysts (H2SO4, HCl, H3PO4, and NaOH/NH4OH) were studied in the preparation of melamine modified urea–formaldehyde (UFM) resins. 13C‐nuclear…”
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Liquefaction behaviors of bamboo residues in a glycerol-based solvent using microwave energy by Xie, Jiulong, Hse, Chung-Yun, Shupe, Todd F., Qi, Jinqiu, Pan, Hui

“…Liquefaction of bamboo was performed in glycerol–methanol as co‐solvent using microwave energy and was evaluated by characterizing the liquefied residues. High…”
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Characterization and performance of melamine enhanced urea formaldehyde resin for bonding southern pine particleboard by Sun, Qi-Ning, Hse, Chung-Yun, Shupe, Todd F

“…Urea-formaldehyde resins modified by melamine were synthesized by four catalysts (H₂SO₄, HCl, H₃PO₄, and NaOH/NH₄OH) with a F/U/M molar ratio of 1.38/1/0.074…”
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