Biobased polymers and materials are desperately needed to replace fossil-based materials
in the world's transition to a more sustainable lifestyle. In this article, Avantium describes the …

Catalytic conversion of renewable biomass to “green” chemicals and fuel additives has been
extensively investigated in the past few decades. Interests on two top platform intermediates …

The formation of dark-colored solids, as known as humins, was observed during acid-
catalyzed dehydration of certain biomass platform molecules like fructose, glucose and 5 …

Levulinic acid (LA) is one of the top bio-based platform molecules that can be converted into
many valuable chemicals. It can be produced by acid catalysis from renewable resources …

Humins,(side-) products of the acid-catalysed dehydration of carbohydrates, will be
produced in substantial quantities with the development of industrial biorefining processes …

We use infrared (IR) spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography (GPC), and liquid
chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) in multistage dissolution experiments in …

Biomass conversion into useful chemicals, materials and fuels emerged as a promising
alternative toward replacing the current production of most of these commodities and …

Plant biomass is considered the main source of renewable carbon raw materials, which is a
viable alternative to crude oil and natural gas and provides compounds with a low carbon …

Humin by-products are formed during the acid-catalyzed dehydration of carbohydrates to bio-
based platform molecules, such as hydroxymethylfurfural and levulinic acid. The molecular …

Phosphotungustic Acid (HPW) is an inorganic super acid, that is highly soluble in polar
solvents limiting its applicability as acid catalysis. To overcome these limitations …