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Fully Additive Vertical Organic Electrochemical Transistors on Renewable and Compostable Substrates Enable Ultrasensitive Bioelectronics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Fully additive vertical organic electrochemical transistors (vOECTs) with channel‐length of 226 nm on a 50 µm compostable substrate achieve >106 current modulation and ∼36 mS transconductance. Ion‐selective integration enables 1.1 mA dec−1 sensitivity and 36 µm detection limit, highlighting a scalable platform for sustainable electronics and ...
Giulia Frusconi, Samuele Lavelli, Zsolt M. Kovács‐Vajna, Fabrizio Torricelli   +3 more
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Full-scale co-composting of low-biodegradable digestate from the source-selected organic fraction of municipal solid waste with wood-derived biochar: Insights on process performance, gaseous emissions, and engineering implications

Results in Engineering
A full-scale trial was performed to examine the effect of wood-derived biochar on the composting of digestate from the anaerobic digestion of source-selected organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW), compared with that of only OFMSW digestate ...
Elena Olivera-Begué, Daniel González, Joeri Kaal, Marta Camps-Arbestain, Antoni Sánchez   +4 more
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing Composting Needs and Options: Assessing the Co-composting Potential of Feacal Sludge and Selected Yard Waste Fractions

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2023
Composting is a nature’s way of recycling soil conditioners and nutrients, and the value of the resulting compost depends on the efficiency of the composting process.
G. J. Mhina
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Polymer Substrates for Flexible Sensors: Advances and Contributions to Smart Agriculture

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes recent advances in polymer‐based flexible sensors for smart agriculture, focusing on polymer substrate design, interface engineering, and applications in soil, plant, animal, aquaculture, and post‐harvest monitoring.
Yihui Li, Zhangzheng Xiao, Zheng Yan, Adnan Raza Altaf, Qun Song, Dingding Yao, Afshan Sohail, Yixin Wang, Wenxiu Ma, Shanjun Li, Yaohui Chen, Peiwen Liu, Kai Zhang   +12 more
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Biochar improved the composting quality of seaweeds and cow manure mixture and altered the microbial community

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
The beneficial effects of biochar addition during composting have been proved for many feedstocks, like manures and crop straws. However, the effect of biochar on the quality of composting product with seaweed as the feedstock and the bacterial response ...
Haijiang Jia, Depeng Chu, Xiangwei You, Yiqiang Li, Chongjun Huang, Jili Zhang, Xiangnan Zeng, Hui Yao, Zhaofeng Zhou   +8 more
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Leaftronics: Bio‐Fractal Scaffolds From Leaf Venation for Low‐Waste Electronics

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
“Leaftronics” transforms naturally evolved leaf venation into quasi‐fractal scaffolds for sustainable electronics. Polymer‐infiltrated leaf skeletons can be used to fabricate ultra‐smooth, reflow‐ and thin‐film‐compatible decomposable substrates, while making the same lignocellulose networks conducting results in flexible transparent electrodes.
Rakesh Rajendran Nair, Hrisheekesh Thachoth Chandran, Karl Leo, Hans Kleemann   +3 more
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Biochar Effectively Reduced N₂O Emissions During Heap Composting and NH₃ Emissions During Aerobic Composting

Agriculture
The composting process generates considerable amounts of greenhouse gases, presenting challenges for environmental protection. The utilization of biochar not only improves the composting efficiency but also reduces nitrogen (N) loss during composting ...
Zhi Zhang, Haicheng Wu, Yue Zhao, Yupeng Wu, Runting Ming, Donghai Liu, Yan Qiao, Zhuoxi Xiao, Jian Ren, Yunfeng Chen, Cheng Hu   +10 more
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Composting as a Service: A Real-World IoT Implementation

Future Internet, 2018
Composting is the delicate procedure of supervised decomposition of organic waste, which gradually transforms waste to nutrient-rich manure. It requires deep knowledge and constant attention by experts to achieve a quality outcome in a timely fashion ...
Yannis Nikoloudakis, Spyridon Panagiotakis, Thrasivoulos Manios, Evangelos Markakis, Evangelos Pallis   +4 more
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A Review: Bacterial Diversity, Physicochemical Factors and Quality of Compost for White Button Mushroom Cultivation

Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca: Agriculture, 2020
Composting is an aerobic biotic decomposition route that is governed by physicochemical and microbiological factors. The importance of bacterial flora throughout composting is well recognized.
Satish Kumar SINHA, Tarun Kumar UPADHYAY, Sushil Kumar SHARMA, Manju SHARMA   +3 more
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