**Meet the editor**

Prof. Abdul Khalil, HPS, obtained his PhD degree from the University of Wales, Bangor, United Kingdom, in 1999. He is currently a senior professor in biomass and biocomposites at the School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. His fields of specialization cover biocomposite technology, fibre-reinforced polymer composite technology, hybrid

composites, nano-based composites, fibre science (natural and man-made fibre) and biodegradable polymer as new materials for new economy. He is a fellow of Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM), United Kingdom. He is a member of America Chemical Society and a member of Wood Science and Technology. He had been appointed as an editorial board of more than five Scopus/ISI listed journals. To date, he has generated over 200 scientific articles in Scopus with H-Index of 35 and over 5,000 citations. He also excellently published 3 academic books, 41 chapters in books and also 4 nonacademic books (community/coffee table books). As an expert researcher in his field, he had reviewed more than 200 articles in reputed journals. Recently, he was also awarded as one of the Top Research Scientists Malaysia from Academy of Sciences Malaysia in 2014 and Malaysia's Rising Star Award (Thomson & Reuters) in 2015.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Scientific Discoveries 3** Abdul Khalil H.P.S.

**Charcoal and Vinegar 49**

**Section 3 Characterization and Application 65**

**Concrete Structure 67** I Nyoman Sutarja

Han Chien Lin

**Section 2 Extraction and Modification 7**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: An Overview of Bamboo Research and**

Chapter 2 **Alkaline Sulfite Anthraquinone and Methanol (ASAM) Pulping**

Chapter 3 **Bamboo, Its Chemical Modification and Products 25**

Mayowa Akeem Azeez and Joshua Iseoluwa Orege

Chapter 4 **Preliminary Safety Evaluation of Bamboo Pyrolysis Products:**

Chapter 5 **Safe, Simple and Comfortable House with Bamboo Reinforced**

Chapter 6 **Bamboo Wear and Its Application in Friction Material 87**

Yunhai Ma, Yucheng Liu and Jin Tong

**Process of Tropical Bamboo (Gigantochloa scortechinii) 9** M.T. Paridah, Amin Moradbak, A.Z. Mohamed, Folahan

Abdulwahab Taiwo Owolabi, Mustapha Asniza and Abdul Khalil

**Section 1 Introduction 1**

H.P.S.
