Recent advances in understanding the effects of lignin structural characteristics on enzymatic hydrolysis

Y Yuan, B Jiang, H Chen, W Wu, S Wu, Y Jin… - Biotechnology for …, 2021 - Springer
Enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulose for bioethanol production shows a great potential to
remit the rapid consumption of fossil fuels, given the fact that lignocellulose feedstocks are …

Application of lignin in preparation of slow-release fertilizer: Current status and future perspectives

J Lu, M Cheng, C Zhao, B Li, H Peng, Y Zhang… - Industrial Crops and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignin is the most abundant renewable aromatic resource on the Earth, which can be used
for producing bio-products to support human sustainable development. Due to the dual …

Molecular Basis of the Therapeutical Potential of Clove (Syzygium aromaticum L.) and Clues to Its Anti-COVID-19 Utility

C Vicidomini, V Roviello, GN Roviello - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The current COronaVIrus Disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2
infection is enormously affecting the worldwide health and economy. In the wait for an …

Understanding the effects of different residual lignin fractions in acid-pretreated bamboo residues on its enzymatic digestibility

W Lin, J Yang, Y Zheng, C Huang, Q Yong - Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2021 - Springer
Background During the dilute acid pretreatment process, the resulting pseudo-lignin and
lignin droplets deposited on the surface of lignocellulose and inhibit the enzymatic …

Effect of emerging pollutant fluoxetine on the excess sludge anaerobic digestion

J Zhao, J Zhang, D Zhang, Z Hu, Y Sun - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Fluoxetine (FLX), an emerging pollutant, has been detected in the sewage and excess
sludge (ES) at substantial levels. So far, however, the impacts of FLX on the ES anaerobic …

[HTML][HTML] A slow-release fertilizer of urea prepared via biochar-coating with nano-SiO2-starch-polyvinyl alcohol: formulation and release simulation

C Zhao, J Xu, H Bi, Y Shang, Q Shao - Environmental Technology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chemical fertilizer is widely used to increase crop yield in conventional agricultural system.
However, low use efficiency of chemical fertilizer could lead to its excessive application, and …

Combined catalysis: a powerful strategy for engineering multifunctional sustainable lignin-based materials

S Afewerki, U Edlund - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The production and engineering of sustainable materials through green chemistry will have
a major role in our mission of transitioning to a more sustainable society. Here, combined …

Role of Iron Oxide (Fe2O3) Nanocomposites in Advanced Biomedical Applications: A State-of-the-Art Review

M Pourmadadi, E Rahmani, A Shamsabadipour… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nanomaterials have demonstrated a wide range of applications and recently, novel
biomedical studies are devoted to improving the functionality and effectivity of traditional and …

Bio-BTX production from the shape selective catalytic fast pyrolysis of lignin using different zeolite catalysts: Relevance between the chemical structure and the yield of …

M Huang, J Xu, Z Ma, Y Yang, B Zhou, C Wu… - Fuel Processing …, 2021 - Elsevier
As the most abundant aromatic bio-polymer in nature, lignin can be converted into bio-BTX
via the shape selective catalytic fast pyrolysis process (SS-CFP). In this work, three types of …

Mussel shell based CaO nano-catalyst doped with praseodymium to enhance biodiesel production from castor oil

SG Khan, M Hassan, M Anwar, UM Khan, C Zhao - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
This research presents the preparation and application of mussel shell based CaO doped
with praseodymium as catalysts labelled as 3, 5, 7, 9 & 11 wt% for biodiesel production …