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Evidence of silane coupling in torrefied agro‐industrial residue‐filled poly(styrene‐co‐butadiene) rubber compounds by Torres, Lennard F., McCaffrey, Zach, Williams, Tina G., Wood, Delilah F., Orts, William J., McMahan, Colleen M.

“…Heat‐treated rice hull residues were evaluated as fillers in poly(styrene‐co‐butadiene) rubber (SBR) compounds. The currently used precipitated silica filler…”
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Torrefied agro‐industrial residue as filler in natural rubber compounds by Torres, Lennard F., McCaffrey, Zach, Washington, Wisdom, Williams, Tina G., Wood, Delilah F., Orts, William J., McMahan, Colleen M.

“…This study explored the feasibility of using torrefied biomass as a reinforcing filler in natural rubber compounds. Carbon black was then replaced with the…”
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Evaluation of biodegradation of polylactic acid mineral composites in composting conditions by Flynn, Allison, Torres, Lennard F., Hart‐Cooper, William, McCaffrey, Zach, Glenn, Gregory M., Wood, Delilah F., Orts, William J.

“…ABSTRACT In this study, the enhancement of the biodegradation rate of polylactic acid (PLA) filled with commercially available soil amendment product (NTM) or…”
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Production of polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymers containing 4-hydroxybutyrate in engineered Bacillus megaterium by Cal, Andrew J., Kibblewhite, Rena E., Sikkema, W. Dirk, Torres, Lennard F., Hart-Cooper, William M., Orts, William J., Lee, Charles C.

“…Despite being used as a common platform for the commercial production of many biochemicals, Bacilli are often overlooked as a source of industrial…”
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Polyhydroxybutyrate Rice Hull and Torrefied Rice Hull Biocomposites by McCaffrey, Zach, Cal, Andrew, Torres, Lennard, Chiou, Bor-Sen, Wood, Delilah, Williams, Tina, Orts, William

“…Raw and torrefied rice hulls (RRH and TRH) were incorporated into polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) as fillers using extrusion and injection molding to produce…”
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Nucleation and plasticization with recycled low‐molecular‐weight poly‐3‐hydroxybutyrate toughens virgin poly‐3‐hydroxybutyrate by Cal, Andrew J., Grubbs, Brian, Torres, Lennard F., Riiff, Timothy J., Kibblewhite, Rena E., Orts, William J., Lee, Charles C.

“…ABSTRACT Poly‐3‐hydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a widely distributed carbon storage molecule in prokaryotes and can serve as a biodegradable plastic replacement…”
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Predicting environmental biodegradability using initial rates: mineralization of cellulose, guar and their semisynthetic derivatives in wastewater and soil by Hart-Cooper, William M., Kalla, Nabeel, Klamczynski, Artur, Torres, Lennard, Glenn, Gregory M., Cunniffe, Julia, Johnson, Kaj, Orts, William J.

“…Microplastic pollution is a growing concern, and natural materials are being increasingly sought as plastic alternatives. Semisynthetic biopolymers occupy a…”
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Torrefaction of Almond and Walnut Byproducts by McCaffrey, Zach, Torres, Lennard, Chiou, Bor-Sen, Ferreira, Saulo Rocha, Silva, Luiz Eduardo, Wood, Delilah F., Orts, William John

“…While the US nut industry is growing, markets for nut by-products, particularly nutshells and tree prunings, have not kept pace. Torrefaction is a…”
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Air and Steam Gasification of Almond Biomass by McCaffrey, Zach, Thy, Peter, Long, Michael, Oliveira, Melina, Wang, Li, Torres, Lennard, Aktas, Turkan, Chiou, Bor-Sen, Orts, William, Jenkins, Bryan M.

“…Experiments were performed on a laboratory scale fluidized bed gasifier to characterize the gasification products of almond shell and hull removed in nut…”
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Redispersion and structural change evaluation of dried microfibrillated cellulose by Silva, Luiz Eduardo, dos Santos, Allan de Amorim, Torres, Lennard, McCaffrey, Zach, Klamczynski, Artur, Glenn, Greggory, Sena Neto, Alfredo Rodrigues de, Wood, Delilah, Williams, Tina, Orts, William, Damásio, Renato Augusto Pereira, Tonoli, Gustavo Henrique Denzin

“…Commercializing dried microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) has always been a challenge mainly due to the tendency of MFC to aggregate. In this study MFC samples…”
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Biodegradation Rates of Ferulic Acid Derivatives and Traditional Sunscreen Actives in Marine, Bay, and Freshwater Environments by Chou, Kelly, McCaffrey, Zach, Klamczynski, Artur P., Torres, Lennard F., Compton, David L., Glenn, Gregory, Hart-Cooper, William M.

“…In recent years, concern over adverse effects of conventional organic ultraviolet (UV) absorbers on human and environmental health has grown. In particular,…”
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A New Polymerization System for Bicyclic Acetals:  Toward the Controlled/“Living” Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization of 6,8-Dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane by Torres, Lennard F, Patten, Timothy E

“…The bicyclic acetal 6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane, 6,8-DBO, was polymerized in toluene solvent using 1-chloroethyl isobutyl ether as the initiator and zinc…”
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Sodium chloride and sodium dodecyl sulfate as additives to enhance dispersibility in microfibrillated cellulose by Silva, Luiz Eduardo, Simson, Riley, Torres, Lennard, Hart-Cooper, William, Cao, Trung, Klamczynski, Artur, Glenn, Gregory, de Sena Neto, Alfredo Rodrigues, Williams, Tina, Wood, Delilah, Orts, William, Tonoli, Gustavo Henrique Denzin

“…During drying, microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) can aggregate, lowering the tensile strength of MFC films and changing morphology. Therefore, the present study…”
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Effect of multi-branched PDLA additives on the mechanical and thermomechanical properties of blends with PLLA by Torres, Lennard, McMahan, Colleen, Ramadan, Lucas, Holtman, Kevin M., Tonoli, Gustavo H. D., Flynn, Allison, Orts, William J.

“…ABSTRACT Stereocomplex formation between poly(l‐lactic acid) (PLLA) and poly(d‐lactic acid) (PDLA) in the melt state was investigated and altered via the…”
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Changes on structural characteristics of cellulose pulp fiber incubated for different times in anaerobic digestate by Tonoli, Gustavo Henrique Denzin, holtman, Kevin, Silva, Luiz Eduardo, Wood, Delilah, Torres, Lennard, Williams, Tina, Oliveira, Juliano Elvis, Fonseca, Alessandra Souza, Klamczynski, Artur, Glenn, Gregory, Orts, William

“…ABSTRACT Background: The objective of the present work was to investigate the influence of a pre-treatment of microbial-rich digestate (liquid mesophilic…”
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Thermal properties of poly(ethylene terephthalate) recovered from municipal solid waste by steam autoclaving by Holtman, Kevin M., Kodama, Alice, Klamczynski, Artur P., Flynn, Allison, Bozzi, David V., Torres, Lennard, Franqui-Villanueva, Diana, Mao, Jingdong, Glenn, Gregory M., Orts, William J.

“…The steam autoclaving of municipal solid waste followed by size separation was shown to be a way to recover virtually 100% of recyclable poly(ethylene…”
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Almond and Walnut Shell Activated Carbon for Methylene Blue Adsorption by McCaffrey, Zach, Torres, Lennard F., Chiou, Bor-Sen, Hart-Cooper, William, McMahan, Colleen, Orts, William J.

“…Activated carbon (AC) from nutshells has the potential to be an economically attractive product. This study developed ACs from almond and walnut shells and…”
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Almond production residues as natural rubber fillers by McMahan, Colleen, Torres, Lennard, Wood, Delilah, Orts, William, Wagner, Connor

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