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A new and quick testing method for evaluating commercial OCC recycled pulp, TAPPI Journal July 2024
ABSTRACT: In this paper, a new and quick testing method for evaluating commercial old corrugated cardboard/containers (OCC) pulp was developed and used by a large Chinese boxboard manufacturer for quality control of imported OCC pulp.
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Editorial: Innovation: How useful is it?, TAPPI Journal February 2022
ABSTRACT: Innovation has become a genuine buzz word to promote one’s product or company, to highlight its strength, and to enhance its visibility. The use of words like novel, innovative, etc., help with market-ability, enhance economic strength, and elevate initial public offering (IPO) status. Genuine innovation helps with improving lifestyles, health, the environment, and the economy.
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Wheat straw as an alternative pulp fiber, TAPPI Journal January 2020
ABSTRACT: The desire to market sustainable packaging materials has led to an interest in the use of various fiber types as a raw material. It has been suggested that the use of annual crops for partial replacement of wood fiber would result in more sustainable products. Several life cycle analyses (LCA) have been performed to evaluate these claims. These LCAs provided conflicting and contradictory results because of the local conditions and the specific pulping processes investigated. Selected LCAs are reviewed and the underlying reasons for these conflicting results are analyzed.
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Editorial: TAPPI Journal 2017 Best Research Paper Award recognizes recycling technology, TAPPI JOURNAL June 2018
Editorial: TAPPI Journal 2017 Best Research Paper Award recognizes recycling technology, TAPPI JOURNAL June 2018
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Controlling porosity and density of nanocellulose aerogels for superhydrophobic light materials, TAPPI JOURNAL March 2018
Controlling porosity and density of nanocellulose aerogels for superhydrophobic light materials, TAPPI JOURNAL March 2018
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Editorial: Looking back and looking forward: Paper physics and the paper industry, TAPPI Journal October 2018
Editorial: Looking back and looking forward: Paper physics and the paper industry, TAPPI Journal October 2018
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Editorial: TAPPI Journal 2019 Best Research Paper runner-up focuses on persistent issue of cracking at the fold in coated papers, TAPPI Journal May 2020
ABSTRACT: TAPPI and the TAPPI Journal (TJ) Editorial Board would like congratulate the authors of the runner-up paper to the 2019 TAPPI Journal Best Research Paper Award: Seyyed Mohammad Hashemi Dajan, Douglas W. Bousfield, and Mehdi Tajvidi. Their paper: "Cracking at the fold in double layer coated paper the influence of latex and starch composition," appeared on p. 93 of the February 2019 issue. This coating research was recognized by the TJ Editorial Board for its innovation, creativity, scientific merit, and clear expression of ideas.
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Editorial: Design considerations for developing high-quality flexible packaging laminates, TAPPI Journal July 2025
ABSTRACT: The global flexible packaging industry has constantly evolved by developing new materials, film design, polymer processing techniques, and machinery to overcome challenges posed by consumer demands, regulation, and societal pressure. While achieving superior quality and improved mechanical film attributes has always been the cornerstone for new technical developments in this industry, the end-of life shortcoming for most plastic films has driven the value chain to strive harder to design and develop sustainable packaging structures.
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Editorial: TAPPI Journal reinstates the “Technical Brief” short-form research paper, TAPPI Journal June 2019
ABSTRACT: For many years, TAPPI Journal (TJ) accepted submissions of “Technical Briefs” (also known as Technical Notes or Brief Notes) in addition to the full-length papers peer-reviewed papers that you have typically seen in more recent years. The TJ Editorial Board is once again accepting these short-form papers, as readers may have noticed in the last issue with publication of Tom Lindstrom’s short nanocellulose re-view (TAPPI Journal 18[5]: 308[2019]). Another Technical Brief appears on p. 391 of the current issue.
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Controllable anisotropic properties of wet-laid hydroentangled nonwovens, TAPPI Journal March 2019
ABSTRACT: For nonwovens, fiber orientation distribution is an important structural characteristic that directly influences the anisotropic properties of the materials. Different Vslurry/Vbelt ratios were adopted to fabricate nonwovens during the wet-laid process. The results indicated that fiber orientation distribution of nonwovens can be regulated by adopting different Vslurry/Vbelt ratios owing to the web-forming principle of wet-laid techniques. Mechanical tests showed that both wet and dry tensile strength of nonwovens in different angle directions present anisotropy under different Vslurry/Vbelt ratio parameters. A liquid spreading distribution experiment proved that liquid spreading length and area of nonwovens could be manipulated using different Vslurry/Vbelt ratios in the fabrication process. Therefore, specific anisotropic properties of wet-laid hydroentangled nonwovens can be realized by controlling the process parameters for particular end-use applications.