Transparent wood-based materials (TWMs), made by either bottom-up or top-down
strategies, have attracted great attention owing to their transparency, sustainability and …

Lignin, the most abundant natural aromatic feedstock, is one of the most renewable
resources for many biofuels, chemicals, and smart materials. Recent progress in deep …

Energy and environmental issues are increasingly prominent, and sustainable synthetic
strategies are needed in response. As a class of green and easily modified solvent, deep …

Animal skin is a huge source of inspiration when it comes to multifunctional sensing
materials. Bioinspired sensors integrated with the intriguing performance of skin‐like steady …

Numerous deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have been studied for effective saccharification of
cellulose by removing hemicellulose and/or lignin. However, the removed fractions …

Metal-ion batteries (MIBs) are promising for large-scale energy storage because they can
alleviate the inherent intermittency of renewable energy. As an indispensable part of MIBs …

A sustainable and renewable biorefinery will increase the economic viability of
lignocellulose-derived products. In this study, a diol-based deep eutectic solvent (DES) was …

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) based pretreatment is an emerging approach to overcome
recalcitrance of lignocellulosic biomass and improve its processability. Among different …

Lignin has been extensively explored as a renewable precursor for materials fabrication.
However, its low reactivity is one of the main challenges for material development. Herein …

Lignin is a natural aromatic polymer of p-hydroxyphenylpropanoids with various biological
activities. Noticeably, plants have made use of lignin as biocides to defend themselves from …