Chemical and enzymatic modifications intended to improve the reactivity of dissolving pulp rapidly decrease its yield. In this study, a beating posttreatment intended to increase the reactivity of bamboo dissolving pulp was investigated. Beating post-treatment can create microfibrils on the surface of fibers. The reactivity of unrefined bamboo dissolving pulp prepared via pre-hydrolysis and a s...

Axisymmetric pipeline transportation of oil and water is simulated numerically as an initial value problem. The simulations succeed in predicting the spatially periodic Stokes-like waves called bamboo waves, which have been documented in experiments of Bai, Chen and Joseph (1992) for upow. The numerical scheme is validated against linearized stability theory for perfect core-annular ow, and wea...

Bamboo, as a natural hierarchical cellular material, exhibits remarkable mechanical properties including excellent flexibility and fracture toughness. As far as bamboo as a functionally graded bio-composite is concerned, the interactions of different constituents (bamboo fibers; parenchyma cells; and vessels.) alongside their corresponding interfacial areas with a developed crack should be of h...

This study is in the form of digilog [1] that synthesizes analogue sentiment and digital technology, which reinterprets the Four Gracious Plants in modern context. Interactive Ink-and-Wash Painting Project aims to enable audience to communicate with the work through synesthesia by expressing the four paintings of the Four Gracious Plants in interactive art. “Digilog Bamboo”, which is a part of ...

this research had conducted to investigate light intensity effects on the lucky bamboo growth in islamic azad university, abhar branch. the experiment arranged as a complete randomized block design with five treatments (0.75, 1.14, 1.89, 2.29 and 4.09 mmol m-2 s-1) in ten replications. results showed that 1.89 mmol m-2 s-1 had significant differences than other treatments. the higher level of r...

In this paper, we examined the availability of raw woods as glycolic materials. It was found that some wood materials such as bamboo, larch and cherry could degrade glucose. Glucose is degraded to carbon dioxide via an unknown acidic compound. We then examined whether these wood materials could degrade various sugars. Larch, bamboo and cherry show high degradation rates for glucose, galactose, ...

While employee voice has been realized a critical element of organizational success, many employees often remain silent and withdraw useful information and ideas. In this paper, we present how employees utilize existing social media platform in a creative, collective way to anonymously share their voices—a phenomenon called the bamboo forests in Korea. We present the key characteristics of bamb...

Pretreating bamboo is essential to overcome the recalcitrance of lignocellulose for bioethanol production. In this study, the effectiveness of formic, acetic, and sulfuric acids in pretreating bamboo were compared. To measure pretreatment efficiency, the enzymatic digestibility of the pretreated bamboo substrates was determined. Monomeric glucose conversion yield was measured after enzymatic hy...

This paper charts the origins, trajectory, development, challenges, and conclusion of Project Bamboo, a humanities cyberinfrastructure initiative funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation between 2008 and 2012. Bamboo aimed to enhance arts and humanities research through the development of infrastructure and support for shared technology services. Its planning phase brought together scholars, l...

High performance carbonized bamboo fibers were synthesized for a wide range of temperature dependent energy storage applications. The structural and electrochemical properties of the carbonized bamboo fibers were studied for flexible supercapacitor applications. The galvanostatic charge-discharge studies on carbonized fibers exhibited specific capacity of ~510F/g at 0.4 A/g with energy density ...