Processed Bamboo as a Novel Formaldehyde-Free High-Performance Furniture Biocomposite
- Authors
- Ge, Shengbo; Ma, Nyuk Ling; Jiang, Shuaicheng; Ok, Yong Sik; Lam, Su Shiung; Li, Cheng; Shi, Sheldon Qiang; Nie, Xu; Qiu, Ying; Li, Dongli; Wu, Qingding; Tsang, Daniel C. W.; Peng, Wanxi; Sonne, Christian
- Issue Date
- 8-7월-2020
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- Keywords
- bamboo; biocomposite; pressure; sustainable; nanoidentation
- Citation
- ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, v.12, no.27, pp.30824 - 30832
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
- Volume
- 12
- Number
- 27
- Start Page
- 30824
- End Page
- 30832
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/54413
- DOI
- 10.1021/acsami.0c07448
- ISSN
- 1944-8244
- Abstract
- We used an innovative approach involving hot pressing, low energy consumption, and no adhesive to transform bamboo biomass into a natural sustainable fiber-based biocomposite for structural and furniture applications. Analyses showed strong internal bonding through mechanical "nail-like" nano substances, hydrogen, and ester and ether bonds. The biocomposite encompasses a 10-fold increase in internal bonding strength with improved water resistance, fire safety, and environmentally friendly properties as compared to existing furniture materials using hazardous formaldehyde-based adhesives. As compared to natural bamboo material, this new biocomposite has improved fire and water resistance, while there is no need for toxic adhesives (mostly made from formaldehyde-based resin), which eases the concern of harmful formaldehyde-based VOC emission and ensures better indoor air quality. This surpasses existing structural and furniture materials made by synthetic adhesives. Interestingly, our approach can 100% convert discarded bamboo biomass into this biocomposite, which represents a potentially cost reduction alternative with high revenue. The underlying fragment riveting and cell collapse binding are obviously a new technology approach that offers an economically and sustainable high-performance biocomposite that provides solutions to structural and furniture materials bound with synthetic adhesives.
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