A machine learning force field workflow efficiently accelerates ab initio molecular simulations and reveals the significance of solvent configurations in electrocatalytic simulations.

This study evaluated the mechanical and hydrophobic properties of wood plastic composites (WPC) prepared by the hot molding approach incorporating five different recycled plastics and poplar flour. The WPC showed excellent tensile strength (36.9 MPa) and flexural strength (44.7 MPa) associated with good hydrophobicity, and the excellent properties of WPC could be due to the application of hot pressing which improved the amount of hydroxyl groups and reduced the crystallinity of WPC. The WPC also revealed a strong and hydrostable structure and negligible emission of formaldehyde during the preparation process. Overall, the WPC could be used to substitute traditional wood-based panels as potential furniture material, hence achieving sustainable utilization of plastic wastes.

In this research, a new type of high-strength environmentally friendly plywood was prepareddeveloped. Different from the traditional gluing hot-processing process, this research uses used the Vacuum assisted resin transfer molding process (VARTM) process to inject epoxy resin into the stacked veneers, and then heathot-presses pressed the resin to for curecuring, to improve the