Xiang-Ming Wang

TL;DR: In this paper, a variety of wood adhesive resols with different levels of phenol replacement by phenolic pyrolysis oils, formaldehyde to phenolics molar ratios and sodium hydroxide to phenolic molar ratio were synthesized and their mechanical and physical properties such as modulus of rupture (MOR), modulus-of-clasticity (MOE), dry and 2-hour boil internal bond (IB), thickness swelling (TS) were evaluated.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of nanofillers both milled and unmilled, on the curing and viscoelastic properties of the MUF was investigated, using differential scanning calorimetry and dynamical mechanical thermal analysis methods.

TL;DR: A confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM) was used to investigate the distribution and penetration of urea-melamine-formaldehyde (UMF) resin in the fiber when injected through blowline blending in a medium density fiberboard (MDF) pilot plant.

TL;DR: It is concluded that a PC addition level of more than 1% by wt (on a resin solid basis) should be used to modify the mechanical properties of panels bonded with pyrolysis oil-PF resins.

TL;DR: Soybean-furfural (SoyFu) adhesives were synthesized through cross-linking soybean flour with furfural under alkaline conditions and the performance of the resulting bio-adhesives was evaluated by manufacturing plywood panels as discussed by the authors.