The implementation of biorefineries based on lignocellulosic materials as an alternative to
fossil-based refineries calls for efficient methods for fractionation and recovery of the …

The confluence of two US energy policy mandates, the 2012 Corporate Average Fuel
Economy Standards and Renewable Fuels Standard# 2, provide the opportunity to examine …

Ionic liquids (ILs) have been increasingly exploited as solvents and/or reagents in many
applications due to their “green” properties as well as their tunable physicochemical and …

Among pretreatments existing to overcome the recalcitrance of the lignocellulosic biomass,
imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) are gaining interest to make cellulose more accessible …

There are still debates on whether the hydration of ions perturbs the water structure, and
what is the degree of such disturbance; therefore, the origin of the Hofmeister effect on …

Background Previous research focused on pretreatment of biomass, production of
fermentable sugars and their consumption to produce ethanol. The main goal of the work …

Biofuels and-chemicals can be produced from carbohydrates in lignocellulosic biomass. For
an efficient total enzymatic hydrolysis of the plant cell wall polysaccharides, a pretreatment …

Biopolymer processing and handling is greatly facilitated by the use of ionic liquids, given
the increased solubility, and in some cases, structural stability imparted to these molecules …

Pretreatment is very important for the efficient production of value-added products from
lignocellulosic biomass. However, traditional pretreatment methods have several …

Biomass pretreatment using certain ionic liquids (ILs), such as 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium
acetate ([C2mim][OAc]), can be highly effective at reducing the recalcitrance of …