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ReviewPolymers2021

Sustainable Development of Hot-Pressed All-Lignocellulose Composites-Comparing Wood Fibers and Nanofibers.

Erfan Oliaei, Tom Lindström, Lars A Berglund

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Review in Polymers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Erfan OliaeiWallenberg Wood Science Center, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-2984-7702
Tom LindströmDepartment of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
Lars A BerglundWallenberg Wood Science Center, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-5818-2378

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Low-porosity materials based on hot-pressed wood fibers or nanocellulose fibrils (no polymer matrix) represent a new concept for eco-friendly materials with interesting mechanical properties. For the replacement of fossil-based materials, physical properties of wood fiber materials need to be improved. In addition, the carbon footprint and cumulative energy required to produce the material also needs to be reduced compared with fossil-based composites, e.g., glass fiber composites. Lignin-containing fibers and nanofibers are of high yield and special interest for development of more sustainable materials technologies. The present mini-review provides a short analysis of the potential. Different extraction routes of lignin-containing wood fibers are discussed, different processing methods, and the properties of resulting fiber materials. Comparisons are made with analogous lignin-containing nanofiber materials, where mechanical properties and eco-indicators are emphasized. Higher lignin content may promote eco-friendly attributes and improve interfiber or interfibril bonding in fiber materials, for improved mechanical performance.

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biocompositecumulative energy demand (CED)lignin-containing wood fibersmechanical propertiesmolded fibernanocellulosenanofibrillar/microfibrillar lignocellulosesustainabilityunbleached kraft pulp

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PMID34451285
PMCPMC8399967

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