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Sustainable lignin modifications and processing methods: green chemistry as the way forward

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GREEN CHEMISTRY (2021)

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GREEN CHEMISTRY (2021)

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Emmanuel Isaac Akpan et al.

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GREEN CHEMISTRY (2021)

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Qingwen Cao et al.

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GREEN CHEMISTRY (2021)

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Palladium-catalyzed synthesis of 4-cyclohexylmorpholines from reductive coupling of aryl ethers and lignin model compounds with morpholines

Bingxiao Zheng et al.

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GREEN CHEMISTRY (2021)

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Andreas Bengtsson et al.

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Daochen Zhu et al.

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Mahesh Parit et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES (2020)

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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL (2020)

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Filipe H. B. Sosa et al.

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Ine Van Nieuwenhove et al.

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Panos D. Kouris et al.

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Stef Ghysels et al.

GREEN CHEMISTRY (2020)

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Parinaz Hafezisefat et al.

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Thomas Cuypers et al.

GREEN CHEMISTRY (2020)

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Haitang Yang et al.

GREEN CHEMISTRY (2020)

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Marek Tobiszewski

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M. Hazwan Hussin et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES (2019)

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Tom Renders et al.

CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY (2019)

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Andreas Bengtsson et al.

ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING (2019)

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Pedro L. de Hoyos-Martinez et al.

BIOMACROMOLECULES (2019)

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Marta Bystrzanowska et al.

ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY (2019)

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Omar Y. Abdelaziz et al.

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Pranjali D. Muley et al.

ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT (2019)

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Boosted selectivity and enhanced capacity of As(V) removal from polluted water by triethylenetetramine activated lignin-based updates adsorbents

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES (2019)

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Tippabattini Jayaramudu et al.

COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING (2019)

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Xiang Li et al.

EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL (2019)

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A green physical approach to compatibilize a bio-based poly (lactic acid)/lignin blend for better mechanical, thermal and degradation properties

Ashish Kumar et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES (2019)

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Dual Function Lewis Acid Catalyzed Depolymerization of Industrial Corn Stover Lignin into Stable Monomeric Phenols

Kakasaheb Y. Nandiwale et al.

ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING (2019)

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Plant Oil and Lignin-Derived Elastomers via Thermal Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition Click Chemistry

Liang Yuan et al.

ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING (2019)

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Li-Yang Liu et al.

GREEN CHEMISTRY (2019)

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Photo- and Electrochemical Valorization of Carbon Dioxide Using Earth-Abundant Molecular Catalysts

Alonso Rosas-Hernandez et al.

TOPICS IN CURRENT CHEMISTRY (2018)

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Saumya Dabral et al.

GREEN CHEMISTRY (2018)

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M. Hazwan Hussin et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES (2018)

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Deep eutectic solvent as an efficient molecular liquid for lignin solubilization and wood delignification

Hassan Malaeke et al.

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Andrey N. Evdokimov et al.

WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (2018)

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Love-Ese Chile et al.

ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING (2018)

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Regenerated Cellulose and Willow Lignin Blends as Potential Renewable Precursors for Carbon Fibers

Sheril Vincent et al.

ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING (2018)

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Lignin-to-Liquid-Solvolysis (LtL) of Organosolv Extracted Lignin

Camilla Lohre et al.

ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING (2018)

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Selective Cleavage of Lignin β-O-4 Aryl Ether Bond by β-Etherase of the White-Rot Fungus Dichomitus squalens

Mila Marinovic et al.

ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING (2018)

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Lionel F. Longe et al.

ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING (2018)

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Advancement in technologies for the depolymerization of lignin

Ashutosh Agarwal et al.

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Li-Yang Liu et al.

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Correlations among Miscibility, Structure, and Properties in Thermoplastic Polymer/Lignin Blends

Vivien Romhanyi et al.

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Davide Di Marino et al.

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Richa Chaudhary et al.

GREEN CHEMISTRY (2017)

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Isabell Kuehnel et al.

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Meryem Aqlil et al.

JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY (2017)

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JOURNAL OF WOOD CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY (2017)

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REACTIVE & FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS (2017)

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ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING (2016)

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ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING (2016)

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ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING (2016)

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Klaus A. Y. Koivu et al.

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Rui Katahira et al.

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ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING (2016)

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Gilbert F. De Gregorio et al.

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JOVE-JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS (2016)

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Wanwitoo Wanmolee et al.

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ANALYTICAL METHODS (2015)

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Antoine Duval et al.

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Juan F. Blandez et al.

CHEMCATCHEM (2015)

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Antoine Duval et al.

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Sanghamitra Sen et al.

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Anthe George et al.

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C. Robert McElroy et al.

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Isabell Kuehnel et al.

HOLZFORSCHUNG (2015)

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James H. Clark et al.

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Jae-Young Kim et al.

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Yuanyuan Ge et al.

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Peter J. Deuss et al.

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Lucie Chupin et al.

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Matthew R. Sturgeon et al.

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JOURNAL OF WOOD CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY (2012)

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