Lignin is a readily available yet heavily underutilised resource due to its severe degree of
variability related to the plant source and to the processes employed for its isolation. Being …

Sugarcane bagasse is a large‐volume agriculture residue that is generated on a~ 540
million metric tons per year basis globally1, 2 with the top‐three producing countries in Latin …

The valorisation of the plant biopolymer lignin is now recognised as essential to enabling
the economic viability of the lignocellulosic biorefining industry. In this context, the “lignin …

Lignin is conventionally defined as being formed by the oxidative polymerization of three
main monolignols, p-coumaryl alcohol, coniferyl alcohol, and sinapyl alcohol, that are …

The worldwide expansion in energy and resource use has resulted in a number of
unsustainable innovations, necessitating the development of resource sustainability and a …

At a time when environmental considerations are increasingly pushing for the application of
circular economy concepts in materials science, lignin stands out as an under-used but …

Currently, recyclable acid hydrotropes (p-TsOH), deep eutectic solvents (DES, ChCl-Lac),
and ionic liquids (IL,[Amim][Cl]) are receiving increasing attention due to their superior …

The recalcitrant structures of sugarcane straw and related lignocellulosic biomasses require
a pretreatment step to enable a better enzymatic attack during the hydrolysis. Factors like the …

This review details the structure of lignin and curates information on the characteristics that
this polymer must have for each specific use. Lignin is a by-product of the pulp and paper …

To reveal the synergistic effect of hydrogen peroxide and ammonia on lignin, four kinds of
ball-milled wood lignins, named as UN-L, HP-L, AFEX-L and H-AFEX-L respectively, were …