Abstract Chestnut bur is an agro-waste material generated in the chestnut production. It a tannin-rich lignocellulosic which might be promising raw for low-formaldehyde composite particleboard production when using urea–formaldehyde (UF) as bonding adhesive. In this study, characteristics of were analyzed to assess its application value panel. Five-type particleboards manufactured from mixture ...

Tissues in the body are hierarchically structured composite materials with tissue-specific properties. Urea self-assembles via hydrogen bonding interactions into crystalline supracolloidal assemblies that can be used to impart macroscopic pores to polymer-based tissue scaffolds. In this communication, we explain the solvent interactions governing the solubility of urea and thereby the scope of ...

In wood-based composite panels, low-molar ratio (LMR) urea-formaldehyde (UF) resins usually result in reduced formaldehyde emission (FE) at the expense of poor adhesion. However, FE and adhesion medium-density fiberboard (MDF) bonded with LMR UF were both improved this study. The modified transition metal ion-modified bentonite (TMI-BNT) nanoclay simultaneously MDF panels. 5% TMI-BNT resulted a...

Poly (urea-formaldehyde) (PUF) shelled dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) microcapsules were prepared by in-situ polymerization technology for self-healing concrete applications. It’s found, during the process, sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS) behaves better in emulsification of DCPD than other surfactant of sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and styrene maleic anhydride copolymer (SMA), and the addition...

To effectively improve the strength of Plectocomia pierreana rattan cane without reducing its toughness, the cane was impregnated with a new water-soluble melamine-urea-formaldehyde (MUF) resin modified with low-molecular-weight polyethylene glycol (PEG), marked as PMUF. The PMUF synthetic process was optimized using an orthogonal test L9(3). Results showed that the dimensional stability, densi...