Lignin is the second most abundant polymer in forest biomass. Compared to the ubiquitous use of cellulose, lignin is currently simply wasted. The reason for this lies in the challenging structural features and the still incomplete understanding of the correlation between structural features and polymer characteristics displayed by various lignins. This chapter will introduce the general characteristics and peculiarities of lignin as biopolymer, will present techniques specifically developed for its isolation and will describe promising ways towards its valorisation, highlighting possibilities for using lignin in chemistry and material sciences.

Lange, H., Bartzoka, E., Crestini, C. (2015). Lignin biorefinery: structure, pretreatment and use. In M. Aresta, A. Dibenedetto, F. Dumeignil (a cura di), Biorefineries - An Introduction (pp. 257-282). De Gruyter.

Lignin biorefinery: structure, pretreatment and use

Lange, Heiko;
2015

Abstract

Lignin is the second most abundant polymer in forest biomass. Compared to the ubiquitous use of cellulose, lignin is currently simply wasted. The reason for this lies in the challenging structural features and the still incomplete understanding of the correlation between structural features and polymer characteristics displayed by various lignins. This chapter will introduce the general characteristics and peculiarities of lignin as biopolymer, will present techniques specifically developed for its isolation and will describe promising ways towards its valorisation, highlighting possibilities for using lignin in chemistry and material sciences.
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Biorefinery, lignin, structure, pretreatment, valorisation
English
Biorefineries - An Introduction
Aresta, M; Dibenedetto, A; Dumeignil, F
2015
978-3-11-033153-0
De Gruyter
257
282
Lange, H., Bartzoka, E., Crestini, C. (2015). Lignin biorefinery: structure, pretreatment and use. In M. Aresta, A. Dibenedetto, F. Dumeignil (a cura di), Biorefineries - An Introduction (pp. 257-282). De Gruyter.
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