Lignin is an abundant renewable resource, but its intrinsic recalcitrant nature has so far hampered its conversion into higher value chemicals. Now, a two-step strategy, oxidation followed by bond ...

Yoo is focusing on the characterization and mechanistic studies of photocatalytic oxidation of lignin dimers and real lignin products. With the NSF award, this grant can expand many differently ...

Another alternative is to make vanillin from lignin, ... to further enhance their method of electrochemical production of vanillin from lignin in that they employ a 'green' oxidation method for ...

The lignin oxidation process is easy to integrate into existing biorefineries owing to compatible and safe bulk chemicals. VTT will further develop its technology together with a machine supplier ...

But lignin, and in part cellulose, is susceptible to oxidation — meaning it readily picks up extra oxygen molecules, and those molecules alter the polymer's structure.

Mar 03, 2021: The fabrication of photonic wood (Nanowerk News) What is photonic wood you ask?Inspired by the unique UV light absorption and photo-excitation of lignin, a team of researchers from the ...

Evan Wenbo Zhao is a tenured assistant professor at the Magnetic Resonance Research Center at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen in the Netherlands.His core research focuses on developing operando/in situ ...

image: Three-dimension model of plant LACCASE responsible of “encoding” one aspect of lignin chemistry. Carbon skeleton is shown in grey, key amino-acids for lignin oxidation in blue with ...

Lignin, a by-product of the forest industry, can be used to produce sustainable materials that can replace traditional plastics. This has been revealed in a research project at the University of ...