A brief overview on lignin dissolution

E Melro, L Alves, FE Antunes, B Medronho - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2018 - Elsevier
During the last decades, the demand for sustainable and renewable resources has greatly
increased. It is clear that biomass exploitation in general, and lignin in particular, will play a …

Twenty-five years of cellulose chemistry: Innovations in the dissolution of the biopolymer and its transformation into esters and ethers

M Kostag, M Gericke, T Heinze, OA El Seoud - Cellulose, 2019 - Springer
The anniversary of the journal “Cellulose” is an opportunity to review innovations that were
introduced during the past 25 years. Of these, from our perspective, the development of …

The relevance of structural features of cellulose and its interactions to dissolution, regeneration, gelation and plasticization phenomena

B Lindman, B Medronho, L Alves, C Costa… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Cellulose is the most abundant polymer and a very important renewable resource. Since
cellulose cannot be shaped by melting, a major route for its use for novel materials, new …

High-purity alkaline lignin extraction from Saccharum ravannae and optimization of lignin recovery through response surface methodology

S Dhara, NS Samanta, R Uppaluri… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Saccharum ravannae, known as “Ekra” in the Northeast region of India, is an elephant grass
species that abundantly grows in the natural habitat of Assam. This study aims to utilize this …

Bacterial cellulose aerogels derived from pineapple peel waste for the adsorption of dyes

HV Le, NT Dao, HT Bui, PT Kim Le, KA Le… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Valorization of pineapple peel waste is an attractive research topic because of the huge
quantities of this byproduct generated from pineapple processing industries. In this study …

Hydrophobic interactions control the self-assembly of DNA and cellulose

B Lindman, B Medronho, L Alves… - Quarterly Reviews of …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Desoxyribosenucleic acid, DNA, and cellulose molecules self-assemble in aqueous
systems. This aggregation is the basis of the important functions of these biological …

[HTML][HTML] Entropy drives the adsorption of xyloglucan to cellulose surfaces–a molecular dynamics study

S Kishani, T Benselfelt, L Wågberg, J Wohlert - Journal of Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The adsorption of nonionic polymers to cellulose is of large importance both in the plant cell
wall during synthesis and for the development of sustainable materials from wood. Here, the …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of hydrolysis time, pH and surfactant type on stability of hydrochloric acid hydrolyzed nanocellulose

D Pawcenis, M Leśniak, M Szumera, M Sitarz… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanocelluloses are the subject of much interest on the account of their mechanical
properties, high surface area, porosity, etc. Typically, sulfuric acid is used to produce …

Self-assembly of tamarind seed polysaccharide via enzymatic depolymerization and degalactosylation enhanced ice recrystallization inhibition activity

X Sun, R Guo, T Zhan, Y Kou, X Ma, H Song… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides are becoming potential candidates for developing food-grade
cryoprotectants due to their extensive accessibility and health-promoting effects. However …

Room-temperature dissolution and chemical modification of cellulose in aqueous tetraethylammonium hydroxide–carbamide solutions

JA Sirviö, JP Heiskanen - Cellulose, 2020 - Springer
The room-temperature dissolution of cellulose in aqueous tetraethylammonium hydroxide
(TEAOH) in the presence of carbamides (ureas) was investigated. Without carbamide, 35 …