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Michael J. Ray
Researcher at Imperial College London
Publications - 19
Citations - 1348
Michael J. Ray is an academic researcher from Imperial College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biomass & Lignin. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 19 publications receiving 1179 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael J. Ray include Chalmers University of Technology & Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
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Ionic liquid pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass with ionic liquid–water mixtures
TL;DR: In this paper, ground lignocellulosic biomass (Miscanthus giganteus, pine (Pinus sylvestris) and willow (Salix viminalis) was pretreated with ionic liquid-water mixtures of 1-butyl-3methylimidazolium methyl sulfate and 1- butyl- 3methyloridehydrogensulfate hydrogen sulfate.
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Fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass with the ionic liquid 1-butylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate
TL;DR: In this paper, the 1-butylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate was used in the deconstruction and fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass and a cellulose rich pulp and a lignin fraction were produced.
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Biomass characterization of Buddleja davidii: a potential feedstock for biofuel production.
Bassem B. Hallac,Poulomi Sannigrahi,Yunqiao Pu,Michael J. Ray,Richard J. Murphy,Arthur J. Ragauskas +5 more
TL;DR: A compositional analysis was performed on Buddleja davidii to determine its general biomass characteristics and provide detailed analysis of the chemical structures of its cellulose and lignin using NMR.
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Effect of Ethanol Organosolv Pretreatment on Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Buddleja davidii Stem Biomass
Bassem B. Hallac,Poulomi Sannigrahi,Yunqiao Pu,Michael J. Ray,Richard J. Murphy,Arthur J. Ragauskas +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used Gel-Permeation chromatography to determine the degree of polymerization (DP) of cellulose, and solid-state cross polarization/magic angle spinning 13C NMR experiments were conducted to study the changes in crystallinity and ultrastructure of the cellulose.
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Brown rot fungal early stage decay mechanism as a biological pretreatment for softwood biomass in biofuel production
TL;DR: It is shown that after restricted exposure of pine sapwood to brown rot fungi, glucose yields following enzymatic saccharification are significantly increased and this potential of usingbrown rot fungi as a biological pretreatment for biofuel production is demonstrated.