Deconstruction of biomass enabled by local demixing of cosolvents at cellulose and lignin surfaces

A Multifunctional Cosolvent Pair Reveals Molecular Principles of Biomass Deconstruction

(2019) Abhishek S. Patri et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Lignin ‘First’ Pretreatments: Research Opportunities and Challenges

(2018) Arthur J. Ragauskas   Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr

Universal kinetic solvent effects in acid-catalyzed reactions of biomass-derived oxygenates

(2018) Theodore W. Walker et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Temperature-dependent phase behaviour of tetrahydrofuran–water alters solubilization of xylan to improve co-production of furfurals from lignocellulosic biomass

(2018) Micholas Dean Smith et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Lignins: Biosynthesis and Biological Functions in Plants

(2018) Qingquan Liu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Unusual Transformation of Polymer Coils in a Mixed Solvent Close to the Critical Point

(2018) Xiong Zheng et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Molecular-level driving forces in lignocellulosic biomass deconstruction for bioenergy

(2018) Loukas Petridis et al.   Nature Reviews Chemistry

Lignin-based polymers and nanomaterials

(2018) Adam Grossman et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Effects of organosolv and ammonia pretreatments on lignin properties and its inhibition for enzymatic hydrolysis

(2017) Chang Geun Yoo et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Effective fractionation of lignocellulose in herbaceous biomass and hardwood using a mild acetone organosolv process

(2017) Arjan Smit et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Overcoming factors limiting high-solids fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol

(2017) Thanh Yen Nguyen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A two-stage pretreatment using acidic dioxane followed by dilute hydrochloric acid on sugar production from corn stover

(2017) Shengxin An et al.   RSC Advances

Rapid and near-complete dissolution of wood lignin at ≤80°C by a recyclable acid hydrotrope

(2017) Liheng Chen et al.   Science Advances

Organosolv-Water Cosolvent Phase Separation on Cellulose and its Influence on the Physical Deconstruction of Cellulose: A Molecular Dynamics Analysis

(2017) Micholas Dean Smith et al.   Scientific Reports

Paving the Way for Lignin Valorisation: Recent Advances in Bioengineering, Biorefining and Catalysis

(2016) Roberto Rinaldi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enhancing cellulose accessibility of corn stover by deep eutectic solvent pretreatment for butanol fermentation

(2016) Guo-Chao Xu et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Conformations of Low-Molecular-Weight Lignin Polymers in Water

(2016) Loukas Petridis et al.   ChemSusChem

Next-generation ammonia pretreatment enhances cellulosic biofuel production

(2016) Leonardo da Costa Sousa et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Cosolvent pretreatment in cellulosic biofuel production: effect of tetrahydrofuran-water on lignin structure and dynamics

(2016) Micholas Dean Smith et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

A simple process for lignin nanoparticle preparation

(2016) Miikka Lievonen et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Molecular Driving Forces behind the Tetrahydrofuran–Water Miscibility Gap

(2016) Micholas Dean Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Local Phase Separation of Co-solvents Enhances Pretreatment of Biomass for Bioenergy Applications

(2016) Barmak Mostofian et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Biomass-Derived γ-Valerolactone-Based Solvent Systems for Highly Efficient Dissolution of Various Lignins: Dissolution Behavior and Mechanism Study

(2016) Zhimin Xue et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Design of low-cost ionic liquids for lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment

(2015) Anthe George et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Opto-nanomechanical spectroscopic material characterization

(2015) L. Tetard et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Comparison of enzymatic reactivity of corn stover solids prepared by dilute acid, AFEX™, and ionic liquid pretreatments

(2014) Xiadi Gao et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Morphological changes in the cellulose and lignin components of biomass occur at different stages during steam pretreatment

(2014) Sai Venkatesh Pingali et al.   CELLULOSE

Nonenzymatic Sugar Production from Biomass Using Biomass-Derived  -Valerolactone

(2014) J. S. Luterbacher et al.   SCIENCE

The Bio-SANS instrument at the High Flux Isotope Reactor of Oak Ridge National Laboratory

(2014) William T. Heller et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Controlled incorporation of deuterium into bacterial cellulose

(2013) Junhong He et al.   CELLULOSE

THF co-solvent enhances hydrocarbon fuel precursor yields from lignocellulosic biomass

(2013) Charles M. Cai et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Common processes drive the thermochemical pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass

(2013) Paul Langan et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Solvent Effects on the Hydrogenolysis of Diphenyl Ether with Raney Nickel and their Implications for the Conversion of Lignin

(2012) Xingyu Wang et al.   ChemSusChem

Sassena — X-ray and neutron scattering calculated from molecular dynamics trajectories using massively parallel computers

(2012) Benjamin Lindner et al.   COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS

Understanding solvent effects in the selective conversion of fructose to 5-hydroxymethyl-furfural: a molecular dynamics investigation

(2012) Samir H. Mushrif et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Comparative structure and biomechanics of plant primary and secondary cell walls

(2012) Daniel J. Cosgrove et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Multi-scale visualization and characterization of lignocellulosic plant cell wall deconstruction during thermochemical pretreatment

(2011) Shishir P. S. Chundawat et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Simulation studies of the insolubility of cellulose

(2010) Malin Bergenstråhle et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

Origin of cononsolvency, based on the structure of tetrahydrofuran-water mixture

(2010) Jinkun Hao et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

On the Molecular Origins of Biomass Recalcitrance: The Interaction Network and Solvation Structures of Cellulose Microfibrils

(2010) Adam S. Gross et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

CHARMM Additive All-Atom Force Field for Glycosidic Linkages between Hexopyranoses

(2009) Olgun Guvench et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

The Effects on Lignin Structure of Overexpression of Ferulate 5-Hydroxylase in Hybrid Poplar1

(2009) J. J. Stewart et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A molecular mechanics force field for lignin

(2008) Loukas Petridis et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY