KIHOKU, Ehime -- This western Japan town is moving to mass-produce "modified lignin" at the world's first plant of its kind, ...

A new review in Carbon Research maps how lignin, the abundant aromatic by-product of pulping, can be converted into ...

Researchers report the first detailed structural characterization of lignin from Bangladeshi Melocanna baccifera, showing ...

WSU Researchers are working on lignin extraction and products development: Junxia Wang (left), John Lavender, Jordan Booth, Janson Crosen, Isaac Oduro and Chenxi Wang. RICHLAND, Wash. –A novel method ...

A research team led by Professor Jaehoon Kim at Sungkyunkwan University and Dr. Dong Ki Lee at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has developed a highly efficient catalytic process ...

Many of societyΠs fiber, chemical, and energy demands are met through the costly industrial-scale processing of wood. Secondary xylem (wood) of trees, from which pulp is derived, is composed of ...

Lignin, a substance considered as a waste product in biomass and ethanol production, will now reach its proper value as bio-oil in new products. Lignin, a substance considered as a waste product in ...

A recent study has shown that a fraction obtained from lignin, an organic polymer responsible for the rigidity of plant cell walls, was able to improve the performance of nanoparticles with herbicide.

Lignin is an abundant renewable resource, but its intrinsic recalcitrant nature has so far hampered its conversion into higher value chemicals. Now, a two-step strategy, oxidation followed by bond ...

Abundant, chock full of energy and bound so tightly that the only way to release its energy is through combustion — lignin has frustrated scientists for years. With the help of an unusual soil ...

Additive manufacturing (AM) methods, such as 3D printing, enable the realization of objects with different geometric properties, by adding materials layer-by-layer to physically replicate a digital ...

New research with lignin may soon lead to lighter, stronger carbon fiber materials and stronger plastics with a gentler environmental impact. Lignin is a compound that is essential for most plants but ...