Lignin as a potential source of high-added value compounds: A review

LAZ Torres, AL Woiciechowski… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biorenewable polymers from different natural sources have attracted the attention of the
research community in different fields such as food, biomedicine, cosmetic, and polymer …

Lignin transformations for high value applications: towards targeted modifications using green chemistry

S Gillet, M Aguedo, L Petitjean, ARC Morais… - Green …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Lignin represents a considerable source of renewable and bio-based carbon. Pulping
processes enable lignin, together with all components of the lignocellulosic biomass, to …

Paving the way for lignin valorisation: recent advances in bioengineering, biorefining and catalysis

R Rinaldi, R Jastrzebski, MT Clough… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Lignin is an abundant biopolymer with a high carbon content and high aromaticity. Despite
its potential as a raw material for the fuel and chemical industries, lignin remains the most …

Circular economy aspects of lignin: towards a lignocellulose biorefinery

VK Garlapati, AK Chandel, SPJ Kumar… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lignin is the second most abundant polymer, which comprises15-30%(dry weight) of total
lignocellulosic biomass. Recent studies focused on the effective utilization of lignin …

Biocompatible ionic liquids: fundamental behaviours and applications

JM Gomes, SS Silva, RL Reis - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Biocompatible ionic liquids (Bio-ILs) are an eco-and bio-friendly family of ionic liquids (ILs)
useful in applications ranging from the electrochemical to the biomedical fields. The most …

A review on trends in lignin extraction and valorization of lignocellulosic biomass for energy applications

DR Lobato-Peralta, E Duque-Brito… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The various lignin isolation methods and pretreatments are continuously developing and
thermochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass and tuning of the activation …

Catalytic transformation of lignin for the production of chemicals and fuels

C Li, X Zhao, A Wang, GW Huber, T Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Biomass is any organic matter that is renewable over time. In the context of energy, this is
often used to mean plant-based materials, such as agricultural residues, forestry wastes …

[HTML][HTML] Green solvents from ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents to natural deep eutectic solvents

H Vanda, Y Dai, EG Wilson, R Verpoorte… - Comptes Rendus …, 2018 - Elsevier
Natural deep eutectic solvents (NADESs) are defined as mixtures of certain molar ratios of
natural compounds such as sugars, organic acids, amino acids, and organic bases that are …

Nanoconfined ionic liquids

S Zhang, J Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Deng - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) have been widely investigated as novel solvents, electrolytes, and soft
functional materials. Nevertheless, the widespread applications of ILs in most cases have …

Deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass with ionic liquids

A Brandt, J Gräsvik, JP Hallett, T Welton - Green chemistry, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper reviews the application of ionic liquids to the deconstruction and fractionation of
lignocellulosic biomass, in a process step that is commonly called pretreatment. It is divided …