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Ruyuan Yang1, Chaokun Hong2, Xiaofeng Zhang1, Quan Yuan3, Youfu Sun1,*
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.8, No.2, pp. 113-132, 2020, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2020.08190
（This article belongs to this Special Issue: Bio-composite Materials and Structures)
Abstract In order to enhance the bearing capacity of structural components, save
materials, and reduce cost, a glued laminated timber (glulam) I-beam that is theoretically suitable for engineering application was proposed. In this study, 18 glulam specimens were fabricated using larch dimension lumber and resorcinol–
formaldehyde resin. Four-point bending tests were carried out to compare the ultimate bearing capacity, strain, and deflection of various specimens. The results
showed that: (1) The typical failure mode at bending is the web shear failure parallel to grain. Before the failure, cracks and sounds appear at the beam web, which
represent the sudden brittle failure.… More >
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Xianglong Lu1, Tianshui Yu1, Hailing Wang1, Ruichun Luo2, Pan Liu2, Songliu Yuan1, Lihua Qian1,*
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.8, No.2, pp. 133-151, 2020, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2020.08650
Abstract Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in neutral medium suffers from
slow kinetics as compared to that in alkaline or acidic conditions, owing to larger
Ohmic loss and low proton concentration. Here we report that a self-supported
nanoporous Au-SnOx (NP Au-SnOx) catalyst with gradient tin oxide surface could
significantly enhance HER activity in neutral buffer solution (0.2 M PBS). The
NP Au-SnOx catalyst exhibits a low onset overpotential of 38 mV and a small
Tafel slope of 79 mV dec−1
. The current density of 10 mA cm−2 is manifested
at an overpotential as low as 148 mV, representing the comparable performance… More >
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Lei Tian, Liuchao Qiu*, Jingjun Li, Yongsen Yang
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.8, No.2, pp. 154-170, 2020, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2020.08701
（This article belongs to this Special Issue: Renewable materials for sustainable development)
Abstract In recent decades, the utilization of waste tires, plastic and artificial
shale ceramsite as alternative fine aggregate to make self-compacting concrete
(SCC) has been recognized as an eco-friendly and sustainable method to manufacture renewable construction materials. In this study, three kinds of recycled
aggregates: recycled tire rubber particles, wood-plastic particles, artificial shale
ceramsite were used to replace the sand by different volume (5%, 10%, 20%
and 30%), and their effects on the fresh and hardened properties of SCC were
investigated. The slump flow and V-funnel tests were conducted to evaluate the
fresh properties of modified-SCC mixtures. The hardened properties include… More >
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Ahmed Abdel-Azeem1,*, Amr A. Nada2,3, Anthonia O’Donovan4, Vijay Kumar Thakur5, Amr Elkelish6
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.8, No.2, pp. 171-185, 2020, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2020.08960
（This article belongs to this Special Issue: Polymer and Nanomaterials)
Abstract There is an increasing interest in developing nanoparticles with diverse
biologic activities. To this end, we prepared 10 to 15 nm silver nanoparticles
(AgNP) from native isolates of Trichoderma atroviride. Within this study, endophytic fungi hosted four medicinal plants in Saint Katherine Protectorate, South Sinai,
Egypt have been isolated by surface sterilization technique on four isolation media.
Ten species, based on their frequency of occurrence, out of twenty recovered taxa
were tested for their capability to synthesize extracellular AgNPs. Trichoderma
atroviride hosted Chiliadenus montanus was found to be the best candidate for
the production of mycogenic AgNPs among all examined… More >
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Brody A. Frost, E. Johan Foster*
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.8, No.2, pp. 187-203, 2020, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2020.07940
（This article belongs to this Special Issue: Renewable Polymer Materials and Their Application)
Abstract As the world's population exponentially grows, so does the need for the
production of food, with cereal production growing annually from an estimated
1.0 billion to 2.5 billion tons within the last few decades. This rapid growth in
food production results in an ever increasing amount of agricultural wastes, of
which already occupies nearly 50% of the total landfill area. For example, is
the billions of dry tons of cellulose-containing spent coffee grounds disposed in
landfills annually. This paper seeks to provide a method for isolating cellulose
nanocrystals (CNCs) from spent coffee grounds, in order to recycle and utilize
the… More >
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Refat Hassan1,*, Hideo Takagi2, Samia Ibrahim3
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.8, No.2, pp. 205-218, 2020, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2020.08530
（This article belongs to this Special Issue: Polymer and Nanomaterials)
Abstract A spectrophotometric investigation of oxidation of chondroitin-4-sulfate
(CS) as a sustainable and biodegradable sulfated macromolecule by oxyanion permanganate ion as multi-equivalent oxidant in acid perchlorate solutions at a constant
ionic strength of 2.0 mol dm-3 has been studied. The experimental results on the
influence of the concentration of the reactants the reaction rates revealed first-order
dependence in MnO4–
, fractional second-order in [CS] and fractional first-order with
respect to the hydrogen ion concentration. The hydrogen acid concentration dependence of the rate constants indicated that the oxidation rates were increased with
increasing the acid concentration which means that the oxidation reaction… More >
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