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Junyong Zhu

Researcher at United States Department of Agriculture

Publications -  255
Citations -  17714

Junyong Zhu is an academic researcher from United States Department of Agriculture. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cellulose & Cellulase. The author has an hindex of 61, co-authored 227 publications receiving 13647 citations. Previous affiliations of Junyong Zhu include United States Forest Service & Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Wood-Derived Materials for Green Electronics, Biological Devices, and Energy Applications.

TL;DR: The goal of this study is to review the fundamental structures and chemistries of wood and wood-derived materials, which are essential for a wide range of existing and new enabling technologies.
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Processing bulk natural wood into a high-performance structural material

TL;DR: A simple and effective strategy to transform bulk natural wood directly into a high-performance structural material with a more than tenfold increase in strength, toughness and ballistic resistance and with greater dimensional stability is reported.
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Woody biomass pretreatment for cellulosic ethanol production : technology and energy consumption evaluation

TL;DR: The present study found that SPORL is the most efficient process and produced highest sugar yield, and a post-chemical pretreatment size-reduction approach is proposed to significantly reduce mechanical energy consumption.
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Cellulose Nanocrystals vs. Cellulose Nanofibrils: A Comparative Study on Their Microstructures and Effects as Polymer Reinforcing Agents

TL;DR: This type of systematic comparative study can help to develop the criteria for selecting proper nanocellulose as a biobased nano-reinforcement material in polymer nanocomposites.
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Highly Flexible and Efficient Solar Steam Generation Device

TL;DR: The nature-inspired design concept in this study is straightforward and easily scalable, representing one of the most promising solutions for renewable and portable solar energy generation and other related phase-change applications.