The current and emerging sources of technical lignins and their applications

Technical lignins are bulk feedstocks. They are generated as byproducts from pulping or cellulosic ethanol production. As lignin undergoes significant structural changes as a result of chemical and physical treatments, all technical lignins are unique in terms of chemical structure, molecular weight, polydispersity, and impurity profile.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

• Publication date

  2018-07-10

• Fields of study

  Materials Science, Chemistry, Engineering, Environmental Science, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1002/bbb.1913PMID 30220952PMCID PMC6134873
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