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Wood waste-derived dual-mode materials paving the way for year-round energy saving in buildings

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Polyurethane elastomers based on triple reversible networks with accelerated self-healing by photothermal conversion

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Crosslinking-free preparation of thermoplastic triblock liquid crystal elastomer actuators

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Stretch-activated morphing enabled by integrated physical–chemical network engineering

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Lignin organic–inorganic supramolecular aggregate derived N,O co-doped porous carbon nanosheets for high performance zinc-ion hybrid capacitors

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The development of lignin towards a natural and sustainable platform for optical materials

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Degradable and Biobased Covalent Adaptable Networks for Light Controllable Switch

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ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2024, 12, 6289
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Bio‐Based Mechanically Strong Covalent Adaptable Networks for Stable‐Response Solar Harvesting

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SusMat, 2025, 5
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Interfacial engineering with crude carbon dots for anti-aging and photothermal styrene-butadiene rubber/silica composites

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Photothermal micro/nanorobots in biomedicine

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A Mechanically Strong, Aging-Resistant, and Reprocessable Elastomer Based on Carboxylated Nitrile Butadiene Rubber (XNBR) Composite for Photothermal Conversion Application

Huiyu Wang, Yiming Zou, Jiahao Chen, Aihua Du and Yingjun Liu

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Zwitterionic cellulose nanofibers-based hydrogels with high toughness, ionic conductivity, and healable capability in cryogenic environments

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Carbohydrate Polymers, 2024, 340, 122271
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Green mechano-synthesis of high-efficiency and recyclable lignin-liquid metal photothermal composites for solar-driven desalination and power generation

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Regulation of Lignin Microstructures to Construct Fully Biomass‐Based Elastomers for Large Crack Self‐Healing Artificial Muscles

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Enhanced Tunable Stress-Free Reversible Shape-Memory Effect in a Cross-Linked Cocrystallizable Polymer Blend

He Zhang, Mengxuan Wu, Sen Qin, Ying-Pei Zhang, Jin Wang, Weifeng Liu and Jin-Ping Qu

Macromolecules, 2024, 57, 7347
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Lignin-carbohydrate complex-based polyurethane elastomer with outstanding mechanical strength, photothermal efficiency, and enhanced recyclability

Shao-Dong Yang, Jian-Li Qin and Ming-Fei Li

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Reinforcement and toughening mechanisms of ionic clusters in ethylene-propylene-diene monomer rubber

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Biomimetic Stimulus Responsiveness: From Materials Design to Device Integration

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Tough and Fast Light-Controlled Healable Lignin-Containing Polyurethane Elastomers

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High‐Performance, Light‐Stimulation Healable, and Closed‐Loop Recyclable Lignin‐Based Covalent Adaptable Networks

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High-strength, self-reinforcing and recyclable multifunctional lignin-based polyurethanes based on multi-level dynamic cross-linking

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Synthesis of Photoresponsive Fast Self‐healing Polyolefin Composites by Nickel‐Catalyzed Copolymerization of Ethylene and Lignin Cluster Monomers

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One-pot molten strategy to synthesize tough bio-derived lignin-based photothermal elastomers for photoelectric driven and programmable shape memory

Zhiwen Sun, Changyou Shao, Sanwei Hao, Jifei Zhang, Jiaxuan Zhu, Wenfeng Ren, Bing Wang, Jun Yang and Runcang Sun

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Strong and Tough Lignin-Containing Waterborne Polyurethane Nanocomposites with Multiple Hydrogen Bonds as Photothermal Power Generation Coatings

Haixu Wang, Dongyu Zhu, Weifeng Liu, Jianhua Huang, Jinhao Huang, Dongjie Yang and Xueqing Qiu

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2023, 11, 17142
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Medium-temperature promising candidate thermal management materials: Interfacial passivation via TTA ligands enhances thermal cyclability of copper foam/Bi-In phase change materials

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Strengthening the π-conjugation of lignin by constructing its ordered supramolecular structure

Ting Xiang, Liheng Chen, Xueqing Qiu, Dongjie Yang and Jingyu Wang

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 497, 154356
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Hierarchical build-up of vertically oriented lignin-based aerogel for photothermally assisted uranium uptake and recovery from acidic wastewater

Gao-Jie Jiao, Jiliang Ma, Jinguang Hu, Xing Wang and Runcang Sun

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023, 448, 130988
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Synthesis of Photoresponsive Fast Self‐healing Polyolefin Composites by Nickel‐Catalyzed Copolymerization of Ethylene and Lignin Cluster Monomers

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‘Rigid–flexible’ strategy for high-strength, near-room-temperature self-healing, photo-thermally functionalised lignin-reinforced polyurethane elastomers

Zhiyi Huang, Huan Wang, Yayi Zhang, Zilong Liu, Xingshan Yin, Xiaochun Liu, Wenjing Lin, Xiaofeng Lin, Zhenyang Xu, Yingjuan Sun and Guobin Yi

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024, 280, 136127
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Lignin as a green filler for elastomers: A review of sustainable reinforcement and functionalization strategies

Zhongping Zhang, Alain Dufresne, Peng Yu, Huabo Huang, Can Jiang and Zhanjun Wu

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2026, 344, 150383
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Biobased photothermal responsive shape memory polythioether/MXene nanocomposites with self-extinguishing performance

Weijun Yang, Wei Zhou, Ning Ding, Sudan Shen, Daqian Gao, Debora Puglia, Yaqiang Duan, Pengwu Xu, Tianxi Liu, Zhenyu Wang and Piming Ma

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 497, 154591
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Responsive materials based on coordination bonds

Shi‐Yi Chen, Zi‐Han Zhao, Cheng‐Hui Li and Quan Li

Responsive Materials, 2023, 1
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Bacterial cellulose and photothermal material from biomass-based zero-waste biorefinery functionalized chitosan film for sustainable active food packaging

Li Yang, Wenyang Sheng, Yichen Yang, Ying Yang, Kaiwen He, Guangyang Jiang and Yongqiang Tian

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Multifunctional films with superior mechanical performance, transparency, antibacterial properties enabled by a physical and chemical dual crosslinking network construction

Yuan He, Haichuan Ye, Haichao Li, Fengyun Cui, Feng Xu and Tingting You

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 479, 147546
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Robust Sustainable Interfacial Evaporators from Lignin for Wastewater Treatment

Chen Liu, Banggan Luo, Zikun Zou, Xiao Li, Xueqian Zhang, Yujie Li, Shaohui Xiong, Yuanting Xu, Zhen Yang and Yiwen Li

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Lignin‐Based Photothermal Materials: Bridging Sustainability and High‐Efficiency Energy Conversion

Zhiwen Sun, Changyou Shao, Sanwei Hao, Jifei Zhang, Wenfeng Ren, Bing Wang, Lingping Xiao, Hanhui Lei, Terence X. Liu, Zhanhui Yuan and Run‐cang Sun

Advanced Science, 2025, 12
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Construction of interfacial dynamic bonds for high performance lignin/polymer biocomposites

Jianbin Mo, Haixu Wang, Mengzhen Yan, Jianhua Huang, Rui Li, Danting Sun, Junjie Lei, Xueqing Qiu and Weifeng Liu

Front. Chem. Sci. Eng., 2023, 17, 1372
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A One‐Stone‐Two‐Birds Strategy for Photothermal Shape Memory Polyurethane Utilizing Lignin as Monomer and Internal Photothermal Agent

Jinxing Li, Jin Peng, Jinhao Huang, Shusheng Chen, Weifeng Liu and Xueqing Qiu

Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2025, 46
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Robust and Flexible Rubber Composite with High Photothermal Properties Achieved by In Situ ZDMA Assisted Dispersion of Eumelanin and its Hydrophobic Photothermal Application

Luji Li, Zihao Lin, Zehua He, Zexian Su, Lihua Fu and Chuanhui Xu

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Mechanically Adaptive Materials Based on Dynamic Chemical Bonds

Jiamei Dong, Zi‐Han Zhao and Cheng‐Hui Li

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Intelligent bending photothermal converter based on light-driven PDMS bimorph soft actuator

Jiqing Cui, Chuang Wang, Hao Wu, Peng Han, Yanyan Bu and Xiangfu Wang

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Flexible Photothermal Materials with Controllable Accurate Healing and Reversible Adhesive Abilities

Li Yang, Luji Li, Junjie Lu, Baofeng Lin, Lihua Fu and Chuanhui Xu

Macromolecules, 2023, 56, 3004
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A strategy of achieving two things at one stroke toward the lignin-based furfural resin for adhesive and photothermal conversion materials

Yuanlong Guo, Juchun Liu, Tianlong He, Tao Wu, Tonghui Xu, Yunqi Li and Haibo Xie

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2025, 306, 141710
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From Industrial Waste to Multistage Applications: Ultralight Lignin‐Based Aerogel with Situ Vertically Oriented Structure for Photothermal‐Assisted Pb2+ Adsorption in Wastewater and Reuse as Efficient Output and Stability Triboelectric Materials

Boyu Du, Yuxin Yang, Lingjing Huang, Yuxuan Xie, Xing Wang, Jinghui Zhou, Xingxiang Ji and Lupeng Shao

Advanced Science, 2025, 12
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Coordination-reinforced lignin/polyvinyl alcohol composites for indoor UV protection and temperature management

Jianbin Mo, Haochuan Li, Jinxin Yuan, Qiyu Liu, Weifeng Liu and Xueqing Qiu

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2025, 308, 142355
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Intelligent Lignin-based Elastomer Biocomposite with Strain-adaptive Stiffening and Thermally Tunable Modulus

Zhikai Tu, Junjie Lei, Shuangquan Liao, Weifeng Liu, Jinhao Huang, Hongming Lou, Xueqing Qiu, Jingpeng Zhou and Fengshan Zhang

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Lignin: A multifunctional and sustainable photothermal material for solar-driven thermoelectric generation and desalination

Qizhao Shao, Yiting Li, Zhicheng Liang, Zhao Chen, Anqi Xu, Xueqing Qiu and Dafeng Zheng

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Lignin modification for in-situ cured lignin-maleyl network in semi-crystalline polyamide/lignin shape memory composites

Chen Yang, Tao Shen, Zhuotao Tan, Wei Zhuang, Chenjie Zhu, Ming Li and Hanjie Ying

Industrial Crops and Products, 2023, 197, 116665
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Recent Advances of Lignin Functionalization for High-Performance and Advanced Functional Rubber Composites

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