Advanced and versatile lignin-derived biodegradable composite film materials toward a sustainable world

HM Wang, TQ Yuan, GY Song, RC Sun - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The excessive use of petroleum-based non-biodegradable plastic products has resulted in
severe environmental pollution and ecological problems, which has stimulated the …

Lignin-based smart materials: a roadmap to processing and synthesis for current and future applications

A Moreno, MH Sipponen - Materials Horizons, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomass-derived materials are green alternatives to synthetic plastics and other fossil-based
materials. Lignin, an aromatic plant polymer, is one of the most appealing renewable …

Progress in green polymer composites from lignin for multifunctional applications: a review

VK Thakur, MK Thakur, P Raghavan… - ACS Sustainable …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Rising environmental concerns and depletion of petro-chemical resources has resulted in
an increased interest in biorenewable polymer-based environmentally friendly materials …

Effect of lignin on short-chain fatty acids production from anaerobic fermentation of waste activated sludge

D He, S Zheng, J Xiao, Y Ye, X Liu, Z Yin, D Wang - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignin, a biological resource with great potential, can be as high as∼ 16% of the total
organics in the waste activated sludge (WAS). This work therefore aims to fill the knowledge …

Improving the economy of lignocellulose-based biorefineries with organosolv pretreatment

JA Ferreira, MJ Taherzadeh - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Lignocellulose-based processes for production of value-added products still face
bottlenecks to attain feasibility. The key might lie on the biorefining of all lignocellulose main …

One pot synthesis of environmentally friendly lignin nanoparticles with compressed liquid carbon dioxide as an antisolvent

AA Myint, HW Lee, B Seo, WS Son, J Yoon, TJ Yoon… - Green …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoparticles from commercial kraft lignin were developed using a facile, one pot green
technology of a compressed CO2 antisolvent. N, N-Dimethylformamide (DMF) was …

Industrial lignins: analysis, properties, and applications

A Berlin, M Balakshin - Bioenergy research: advances and applications, 2014 - Elsevier
The instability in the energy and petrochemical markets observed over the past few years is
likely to continue in the future with both higher and more volatile oil prices, which have the …

Biodegradable lignin nanocontainers

D Yiamsawas, G Baier, E Thines, K Landfester… - RSC …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The abundant biomaterial lignin was used to prepare hollow nanocapsules by interfacial
polyaddition in inverse miniemulsions. These cross-linked lignin nanocontainers can be …

Valorization of lignin as a sustainable component of structural materials and composites: advances from 2011 to 2019

MS Karunarathna, RC Smith - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lignin is the most abundant aromatic biopolymer and is the sustainable feedstock most
likely to supplant petroleum-derived aromatics and downstream products. Rich in functional …

Recent advances in pharmaceutical and biotechnological applications of lignin-based materials

Y Mukheja, J Kaur, K Pathania, SP Sah… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lignin, a versatile and abundant biomass-derived polymer, possesses a wide array of
properties that makes it a promising material for biotechnological applications. Lignin holds …