Lignin as a UV light blocker—a review

H Sadeghifar, A Ragauskas - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lignin is the by-product of pulp and paper industries and bio-refining operations. It is
available as the leading natural phenolic biopolymer in the market. It has chromophore …

Lignin-based nanoparticles: a review on their preparations and applications

Q Tang, Y Qian, D Yang, X Qiu, Y Qin, M Zhou - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lignin is the most abundant by-product from the pulp and paper industry as well as the
second most abundant natural renewable biopolymer after cellulose on earth. In recent …

Fabrication of uniform lignin colloidal spheres for develo** natural broad-spectrum sunscreens with high sun protection factor

Y Qian, X Zhong, Y Li, X Qiu - Industrial Crops and Products, 2017 - Elsevier
Lignin can protect plants from sunshine radiation, thus making its development as a natural
macromolecular sunscreen for human skin protection against UV radiation attractive. In this …

Lignin modification and valorization in medicine, cosmetics, environmental remediation and agriculture: a review

S Mondal, A Jatrana, S Maan, P Sharma - Environmental Chemistry …, 2023 - Springer
The circular economy requires advanced methods to recycle biomass into value-added
materials, such as lignin extraction and modification. Here, we review lignin valorization with …

Transforming lignin into renewable fuels, chemicals, and materials: A review

R Patel, P Dhar, A Babaei-Ghazvini… - Bioresource Technology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lignin, Lignin is a valuable carbon-rich feedstock and a by-product of the lignocellulosic
biorefinery and paper industry. Despite being widely available, it is an under-utilized …

Lignin to dispersants, adsorbents, flocculants and adhesives: A critical review on industrial applications of lignin

T Wang, H Li, X Diao, X Lu, D Ma, N Ji - Industrial Crops and Products, 2023 - Elsevier
Nowadays, the production of industrial chemicals such as dispersants, adsorbents,
flocculants and adhesives, is still dominated by traditional fossil energy sources, whereas …

Novel lignosulfonated polyester membranes with remarkable permeability and antifouling characteristics

P Karami, MMH Mizan, C Ammann, A Taghipour… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polyamide thin film composite (TFC) membranes are the most common nanofiltration and
reverse osmosis membranes for wastewater treatment and desalination. Even though …

Preparation of nanocapsules via the self-assembly of kraft lignin: A totally green process with renewable resources

H Li, Y Deng, B Liu, Y Ren, J Liang… - ACS Sustainable …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Kraft lignin (KL), the byproduct from the alkali pul** process in the paper industry, is an
abundant renewable resource. It was found that KL could be used to form nanocapsules via …

Lignin‐based polymers via graft copolymerization

H Liu, H Chung - Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Lignin is an important source of synthetic materials because of its abundance in nature, low
cost, stable supply, and no competition to the human food supply. Lignin, a cross‐linked …

Fruit pomace-lignin as a sustainable biopolymer for biomedical applications

OV Okoro, A Amenaghawon, D Podstawczyk… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Previous studies have explored the potential of pomace valorization, with an emphasis on
the transformation of polysaccharide biopolymers of pomace-cellulose and hemicellulose to …