Cork is a natural, renewable, sustainable raw material that has been used for many centuries. As a result of this very long term interest, the scientific literature on cork is extensive. The present review focuses on the chemical composition, physical and mechanical properties of cork and on its products and sub-products. The substantial efforts to fully characterise cork, as well as new developments and evolving research, are reviewed, beginning with its histology, growth and morphology (at macro- and microscales). The chemical structure is analysed in detail, covering both the materials that form the wall structure and the low molecular weight, extractable components. The unique properties of cork are discussed and correlated with current knowledge on morphology and chemical structure. Finally, the important industrial applications of cork are reviewed, in the context of research to provide cork with novel, high added-value applications.

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Cork: properties, capabilities and applications

Sulfur-doped porous carbons: Synthesis and applications

Activated carbon modifications to enhance its water treatment applications. An overview.

Formation of oxygen structures by air activation. A study by FT-IR spectroscopy

Adsorption of mercury, cadmium and lead from aqueous solution on heat-treated and sulphurized activated carbon

Study of sulfur introduction in activated carbon

Effect of acid and heat treatments on surface area and porosity of a Spanish coal with high mineral matter content

Bending strength of black and composite agglomerates of cork

The use of waste matter after olive grove pruning for the preparation of charcoal. The influence of the type of matter, particle size and pyrolysis temperature

The focus of this work was to study the adsorption, and its temperature dependence, of p-nitrophenol from anaqueous solution on a series of carbon black samples.

V. Gómez Serrano

Papers

Study of sulfur introduction in activated carbon

Effect of acid and heat treatments on surface area and porosity of a Spanish coal with high mineral matter content

Bending strength of black and composite agglomerates of cork

The use of waste matter after olive grove pruning for the preparation of charcoal. The influence of the type of matter, particle size and pyrolysis temperature

p-Nitrophenol adsorption from aqueous solution on carbon black. Temperature effect