obtained from biomass. Bio crude oils (BCOs) are good candidates as substitutes for mineral
oils as fuels. By using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), we show that BCOs are
nanostructured fluids constituted by a complex continuous phase and nanoparticles mainly
formed by the association of units of pyrolytic lignins. The aggregation of these units during
the time produces branched structures with fractal dimension D f between 1.4 and 1.5, which …