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Rapid and near-complete dissolution of wood lignin at ≤80°C by a recyclable acid hydrotrope
- View ORCID ProfileLiheng Chen1,2,
- View ORCID ProfileJinze Dou3,
- View ORCID ProfileQianli Ma2,4,
- View ORCID ProfileNing Li5,
- View ORCID ProfileRuchun Wu2,6,
- View ORCID ProfileHuiyang Bian2,7,
- View ORCID ProfileDaniel J. Yelle2,
- View ORCID ProfileTapani Vuorinen3,
- View ORCID ProfileShiyu Fu4,
- View ORCID ProfileXuejun Pan5 and
- View ORCID ProfileJunyong (J.Y.) Zhu2,5,*
- 1Key Laboratory of Biomaterials of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
- 2Forest Products Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Madison, WI 53726, USA.
- 3Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland.
- 4State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
- 5Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
- 6School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University for Nationalities, 188 Daxue East Road, Xixiangtang District, Nanning, China.
- 7Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: jzhu{at}fs.fed.us
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Science Advances 15 Sep 2017:
Vol. 3, no. 9, e1701735
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701735
Vol. 3, no. 9, e1701735
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701735
Liheng Chen
1Key Laboratory of Biomaterials of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
2Forest Products Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Madison, WI 53726, USA.
Jinze Dou
3Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland.
Qianli Ma
2Forest Products Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Madison, WI 53726, USA.
4State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Ning Li
5Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Ruchun Wu
2Forest Products Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Madison, WI 53726, USA.
6School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University for Nationalities, 188 Daxue East Road, Xixiangtang District, Nanning, China.
Huiyang Bian
2Forest Products Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Madison, WI 53726, USA.
7Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China.
Daniel J. Yelle
2Forest Products Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Madison, WI 53726, USA.
Tapani Vuorinen
3Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland.
Shiyu Fu
4State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Xuejun Pan
5Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Junyong (J.Y.) Zhu
2Forest Products Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Madison, WI 53726, USA.
5Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
