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Rapid and near-complete dissolution of wood lignin at ≤80°C by a recyclable acid hydrotrope
- Liheng Chen1,2,
- Jinze Dou3,
- Qianli Ma2,4,
- Ning Li5,
- Ruchun Wu2,6,
- Huiyang Bian2,7,
- Daniel J. Yelle2,
- Tapani Vuorinen3,
- Shiyu Fu4,
- Xuejun Pan5 and
- Junyong (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
Key Laboratory of Biomaterials of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.Forest Products Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Madison, WI 53726, USA.
Jinze Dou
Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland.
Qianli Ma
Forest Products Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Madison, WI 53726, USA.State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Ning Li
Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Ruchun Wu
Forest Products Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Madison, WI 53726, USA.School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University for Nationalities, 188 Daxue East Road, Xixiangtang District, Nanning, China.
Huiyang Bian
Forest Products Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Madison, WI 53726, USA.Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China.
Daniel J. Yelle
Forest Products Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Madison, WI 53726, USA.
Tapani Vuorinen
Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland.
Shiyu Fu
State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Xuejun Pan
Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Junyong (J.Y.) Zhu
Forest Products Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Madison, WI 53726, USA.Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
