Strategic Growth Area: Economical and Sustainable Materials (ESM)
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Development of Recyclable and High-Performance In Situ Hybrid TLCP/Glass Fiber Composites
(MDPI, 2020-08-24)By combining the concepts of in situ thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer (TLCP) composites and conventional fiber composites, a recyclable and high-performance in situ hybrid polypropylene-based composite was successfully ... -
Household Perceptions and Practices of Recycling Tree Debris from Residential Properties
(MDPI, 2020-08-11)Thousands of trees are lost in urbanizing areas of Virginia each year to land development, storms, and pests. As a result, large amounts of tree debris, much of which could be suitable for high-value wood products, are ... -
Water-Based Electrode Manufacturing and Direct Recycling of Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes-A Green and Sustainable Manufacturing System
(2020-05-22)It is critical to develop a low-cost and environmentally friendly system to manufacture and recycle lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) as the demand on LIBs keeps increasing dramatically. Conventional LIB cathodes are manufactured ... -
Effect of Curing on Mechanical Properties of Cement-Stabilized Coral Sand in Marine Environment
(Hindawi, 2020-07-22)The use of coral sand prepared from cement-stabilized materials can significantly reduce the cost, construction period, and damage to the environment caused by stone mining. The choice of water in mixing and curing the ... -
Numerical Analysis of Signal Response Characteristic of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters Embedded in Pavement
(MDPI, 2020-06-18)Piezoelectric pavement energy harvesting is a technological approach to transform mechanical energy into electrical energy. When a piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH) is embedded in asphalt pavements or concrete pavements, ... -
Economical and Sustainable Materials Newsletter, February 12, 2019
(Virginia Tech, 2019-02-12)This is the inaugural newsletter for the Economical and Sustainable Materials Strategic Growth Area. -
Economical and Sustainable Materials Newsletter, March 18, 2019
(Virginia Tech, 2019-03-18)This is the newsletter for the Economical and Sustainable Materials Strategic Growth Area. In this issue: Springing into April with Materials Science. -
Economical and Sustainable Materials Newsletter, April 15, 2019
(Virginia Tech, 2019-04-15)This is the newsletter for the Economical and Sustainable Materials Strategic Growth Area. In this issue: Springing into April with Materials Science. -
Economical and Sustainable Materials Newsletter, May 30, 2019
(Virginia Tech, 2019-05-30)This is the newsletter for the Economical and Sustainable Materials Strategic Growth Area. In this issue: Ending the Academic Year with Materials Science. -
Economical and Sustainable Materials Newsletter, July 30, 2019
(Virginia Tech, 2019-07-30)This is the newsletter for the Economical and Sustainable Materials Strategic Growth Area. In this issue: Announcing the Release of the Computational Materials Modeling Database. -
Economical and Sustainable Materials Newsletter, June 17, 2019
(Virginia Tech, 2019-06-17)This is the newsletter for the Economical and Sustainable Materials Strategic Growth Area. In this issue: Announcing the Release of the Computational Materials Modeling Database. -
Economical and Sustainable Materials Newsletter, October 31, 2019
(Virginia Tech, 2019-10-31)This is the newsletter for the Economical and Sustainable Materials Strategic Growth Area. In this issue: An Update on our Talented Faculty, Interns, and Upcoming Conference. -
Economical and Sustainable Materials Newsletter, November 1, 2019
(Virginia Tech, 2019-11-01)This is the newsletter for the Economical and Sustainable Materials Strategic Growth Area. In this issue: UPDATED: An Update on our Talented Faculty, Interns, and Upcoming Conference. -
Economical and Sustainable Materials Newsletter, January 30, 2020
(Virginia Tech, 2020-01-30)This is the newsletter for the Economical and Sustainable Materials Strategic Growth Area. In this issue: An Update on our Award Winning Faculty and Fall MRS Conference. -
Food Digest, Winter 2019
(Virginia Tech. Food Science and Technology, 2019)This is the annual newsletter for Virginia Tech's Department of Food Science and Technology. -
Food Digest, Spring 2020
(Virginia Tech. Food Science and Technology, 2020)This is the annual spring newsletter for Virginia Tech's Department of Food Science and Technology. -
Importance of Graphene in the Electro-Fenton Process
(2020-03-17)Graphene-based nanomaterials have attracted researchers from various fields due to their extraordinary physical, chemical, and electrochemical properties. An emerging class of graphene-based nanostructures and nanocomposites ... -
Exceptional capacitive deionization rate and capacity by block copolymer–based porous carbon fibers
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2020-04-17)Capacitive deionization (CDI) is energetically favorable for desalinating low-salinity water. The bottlenecks of current carbon-based CDI materials are their limited desalination capacities and time-consuming cycles, caused ... -
Oxone®-Mediated TEMPO-Oxidized Cellulose Nanomaterials form I and form II
(MDPI, 2020-04-17)The 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl (TEMPO) oxidation of cellulose, when mediated with Oxone® (KHSO5), can be performed simply and under mild conditions. Furthermore, the products of the ... -
Analysis of electricity consumption: a study in the wood products industry
(2016-10)This paper evaluates the effect of industry segment, year, and US region on electricity consumption per employee, per dollar sales, and per square foot of plant area for wood products industries. Data was extracted from ...
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