Prospecting Pine Needles to Develop Smart Materials for Specialty Applications

Prospecting Pine Needles to Develop Smart Materials for Specialty Applications

Authors

  •   Sunita Ranote   Department of Chemistry Himachal Pradesh University, Summerhill, Shimla – 171005, HP
  •   Kiran Kumar   Department of Chemistry Himachal Pradesh University, Summerhill, Shimla – 171005, HP
  •   Sandeep Chauhan   Department of Chemistry Himachal Pradesh University, Summerhill, Shimla – 171005, HP
  •   Ghanshyam S. Chauhan   Department of Chemistry Himachal Pradesh University, Summerhill, Shimla – 171005, HP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2022/v148i4/168344

Keywords:

Pine Needles, Smart Materials, Soil Binders.

Abstract

The use of the modified lignocellulosic materials in frontline technologies is an area of current and future interest. It is both a challenge and opportunity for researchers and technologists to transform the huge renewable green wealth into alternate materials through value addition. The present paper reports synthesis of new whole biomass-based hydrogels derived from a huge renewable forest waste - fallen and dry pine needles of the Himalayas. The synthesized materials have been evaluated as soil binders. This is the first-ever such report in the literature

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Author Biography

Sunita Ranote, Department of Chemistry Himachal Pradesh University, Summerhill, Shimla – 171005, HP

uttarakhand

Published

2022-06-08

How to Cite

Ranote, S., Kumar, K., Chauhan, S., & Chauhan, G. S. (2022). Prospecting Pine Needles to Develop Smart Materials for Specialty Applications. Indian Forester, 148(4), 381–385. https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2022/v148i4/168344

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