Technical lignin and its potential modification routes: A mini-review

AE Kazzaz, P Fatehi - Industrial Crops and Products, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Currently, the majority of chemicals are derived from petroleum-based feedstocks. In recent
years, the valorization of lignin as feedstock for the production of alternative chemicals has …

Grafting strategies for hydroxy groups of lignin for producing materials

AE Kazzaz, ZH Feizi, P Fatehi - Green Chemistry, 2019‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Lignin is one of the most abundant biopolymers on Earth and is considered as the primary
resource of aromatic compounds. Recently, lignin has attracted attention from scientists and …

Carbon composite lignin-based adsorbents for the adsorption of dyes

X Wang, C Jiang, B Hou, Y Wang, C Hao, J Wu - Chemosphere, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Carbon composite lignin-based adsorbent were prepared through hydrothermal method
with glucose as carbon source, calcium lignosulfonate and triethylene tetramine as raw …

Chemistry of chemical admixtures

G Gelardi, S Mantellato, D Marchon, M Palacios… - Science and technology …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Chemical admixtures are nowadays very important for concrete design. This chapter
presents an overview of the chemical structures of different organic chemical admixtures …

Production of carboxymethylated lignin and its application as a dispersant

MK Konduri, F Kong, P Fatehi - European Polymer Journal, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Kraft lignin is currently combusted in the pul** process to produce heat. It can be extracted
from the process and converted to value-added products, but its limited water solubility …

Preparation of lignosulfonates from biorefinery lignins by sulfomethylation and their application as a water reducer for concrete

C Huang, J Ma, W Zhang, G Huang, Q Yong - Polymers, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
Lignosulfonate (LG), a water-soluble polymer from sulfite pul** process of lignocellulosic
biomass, has been commercially applied as admixture for concrete. In this work …

Influence of pH on the behavior of lignosulfonate macromolecules in aqueous solution

M Yan, D Yang, Y Deng, P Chen, H Zhou… - colloids and surfaces A …, 2010‏ - Elsevier
The solution behavior of purified sodium lignosulfonate (PSL) at different pH values were
investigated by means of acid–base titration, surface tension, viscosity, fluorescence …

Production of flocculants, adsorbents, and dispersants from lignin

J Chen, A Eraghi Kazzaz, N AlipoorMazandarani… - Molecules, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
Currently, lignin is mainly produced in pul** processes, but it is considered as an under-
utilized chemical since it is being mainly used as a fuel source. Lignin contains many …

Production of water-soluble hardwood kraft lignin via sulfomethylation using formaldehyde and sodium sulfite

MKR Konduri, P Fatehi - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
Kraft lignin can be extracted from black liquor (ie, spent liquor) of a kraft pul** process to
produce value-added chemicals, but its limited water solubility hampers its end-use …