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Dietary fibres from cassava residue: Physicochemical and enzymatic improvement, structure and physical properties

AIP Advances, 2018
In this study, an physico-chemical method and enzymatic improvement were used to extract cassava dietary fiber from cassava residue. α-amylase, glucoamylase, lipase, and protease were added to the physically comminuted cassava residue to remove starch ...
Lijie Huang, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Mingzi Xu, Shuxiang An, Chunying Li, Chongxing Huang, Kungang Chai, Shuangfei Wang, Yang Liu   +8 more
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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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A self-damping triboelectric tactile patch for self-powered wearable electronics

eScience
Wearable tactile sensing systems with bionic designs holds significant promise for environmental interactions and human–machine communication. Triboelectric sensing technology plays a vital role in acquiring and quantifying tactile signals.
Guoli Du, Jiamin Zhao, Yuzheng Shao, Tao Liu, Bin Luo, Song Zhang, Mingchao Chi, Chenchen Cai, Zhaomeng Liu, Shuangfei Wang, Shuangxi Nie   +10 more
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Performance of waste-paper/PETG wood–plastic composites

AIP Advances, 2018
Wood–plastic composites were prepared from polyethylene terephthalate- 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol ester (PETG) and waste-paper fiber that was unmodified, modified with alkyl-ketene-dimer (AKD), and modified with a silane-coupling agent.
Lijie Huang, Shuxiang An, Chunying Li, Chongxing Huang, Shuangfei Wang, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Mingzi Xu, Jie Chen, Lei Zhou   +8 more
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Interaction‐Driven Assembly Pathways in Heterogeneous Active Microrobotic Systems

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Peanut‐ and cube‐shaped light‐powered microrobots exhibit distinct magnetic and photocatalytic responses that determine their heterogeneous self‐assembly. In the dark, magnetic dipole interactions drive colloidal copolymerization with cubes acting as nucleation centers, whereas under light irradiation, phoretic interactions compete with magnetic ...
Domenico Calabrò, Roshan Velluvakandy, Martin Pumera, Francesco Priolo, Salvo Mirabella, Mario Urso   +5 more
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Response of Anaerobic Granular Sludge Reactor to Plant Polyphenol Stress: Floc Disintegration and Microbial Inhibition

Fermentation
Plant polyphenols are potential inhibitors for the anaerobic treatment of wastewater from the wood processing, pharmaceutical, and leather industries. Tannic acid (TA) was selected as a model compound to assess the inhibitory effect of plant polyphenols ...
Shilin Bi, Hua Lian, Huiya Zhang, Zexiang Liu, Yong Chen, Jian Zhang   +5 more
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Preparation of Self-supporting Bagasse Cellulose Nanofibrils Hydrogels Induced by Zinc Ions

Nanomaterials, 2018
Cellulose hydrogels are often prepared from native cellulose through a direct cellulose dissolution approach that often involves tedious process and solvent recovery problems.
Peng Lu, Ren Liu, Xin Liu, Min Wu
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Study on measurement model of lignin content in pulp after alkaline extraction

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 2021
Because kappa number cannot accurately represent the lignin content in the pulp after alkaline extraction, lead to the excessive dosage of bleaching chemicals added and the pollutant content increases.
Zhichao Ma, Shaoxu Chen, Yongjun Yin, Yanying Zhou, Xiaodan Lu, Tingting Lin   +5 more
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Molecular Rotors: From Newtonian Fluids to Functional Materials as Viscosity and Temperature Sensing Tools

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Molecular rotors are fluorescent molecules that are sensitive to viscosity and temperature variations in the environment. They exhibit a direct correlation between fluorescence and viscosity within Newtonian fluids. However, this correlation becomes less straightforward in complex systems.
Flavia Di Scala, Alice Briole, Valerii Myndrul, Thomas J. Cleij, Hanne Diliën, Bérengère Abou, Bart van Grinsven   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advanced Applications of Porous Materials in Triboelectric Nanogenerator Self-Powered Sensors

Sensors
Porous materials possess advantages such as rich pore structures, a large surface area, low relative density, high specific strength, and good breathability.
Zhengyin Duan, Feng Cai, Yuxin Chen, Tianying Chen, Peng Lu   +4 more
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