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  A lignin-derived material improves plant nutrient bioavailability and growth through its metal chelating capacity

  Biorefinery lignin waste has little value in the market. Here, Liu et al. find that water-soluble lignin, converted from sulfuric acid lignin, improves plant iron bioavailability and growth through a metal chelating capacity comparable to the metal chelator EDTA.

  • Qiang Liu
  • Tsubasa Kawai
  • Baohai Li

  ResearchOpen Access11 Aug 2023 Nature Communications

  Volume: 14, P: 4866
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  High production of furfural by flash pyrolysis of C6 sugars and lignocellulose by Pd-PdO/ZnSO₄ catalyst

  Furfural is an important platform chemical for the synthesis of next-generation bio-fuels. Here the authors report a novel heterogeneous catalyst, Pd-PdO/ZnSO₄, for the mass production of furfural from catalytic flash pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomasses.

  • Qiaoqiao Zhou
  • Jinxing Gu
  • Lian Zhang

  ResearchOpen Access21 Mar 2023 Nature Communications

  Volume: 14, P: 1563
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  Single-molecular insights into the breakpoint of cellulose nanofibers assembly during saccharification

  Lignocellulose recalcitrance hampers its utilization for the production of biofuels and biosourced chemicals. Here, the authors reveal that the amorphous cellulose is the breakpoint of interact microfibrils and propose OsFC16/CESA9 as the engineering target to increase saccharification ability.

  • Ran Zhang
  • Zhen Hu
  • Liangcai Peng

  ResearchOpen Access25 Feb 2023 Nature Communications

  Volume: 14, P: 1100
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  Cultivation and characterisation of Salicornia europaea, Tripolium pannonicum and Crithmum maritimum biomass for green biorefinery applications

  • Laura S. S. Hulkko
  • Ariel E. Turcios
  • Mette Hedegaard Thomsen

  ResearchOpen Access28 Nov 2022 Scientific Reports

  Volume: 12, P: 20507
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  Effective pretreatment of lignin-rich coconut wastes using a low-cost ionic liquid

  • Samson O. Anuchi
  • Kyra L. Sedransk Campbell
  • Jason P. Hallett

  ResearchOpen Access12 Apr 2022 Scientific Reports

  Volume: 12, P: 6108
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  Ionic liquid pretreatment of stinging nettle stems and giant miscanthus for bioethanol production

  • Małgorzata Smuga-Kogut
  • Daria Szymanowska-Powałowska
  • Tomasz Kogut

  ResearchOpen Access16 Sept 2021 Scientific Reports

  Volume: 11, P: 18465