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Xiao Zhang
Researcher at Washington State University
Publications - 77
Citations - 4464
Xiao Zhang is an academic researcher from Washington State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lignin & Cellulose. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 75 publications receiving 3509 citations. Previous affiliations of Xiao Zhang include FPInnovations & Virginia Tech.
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Biorefining of softwoods using ethanol organosolv pulping: preliminary evaluation of process streams for manufacture of fuel-grade ethanol and co-products.
Xuejun Pan,Claudio Arato,Neil R. Gilkes,David J. Gregg,Warren Mabee,Kendall Pye,Zhizhuang Xiao,Xiao Zhang,John N. Saddler +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the Lignol process was used to extract residual lignin from mixed softwood pulp and then used for bio-convincing the cellulose to glucose and subsequent fermentation to ethanol.
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Unique low-molecular-weight lignin with high purity extracted from wood by deep eutectic solvents (DES): a source of lignin for valorization
Carlos Alvarez-Vasco,Ruoshui Ma,Melissa Quintero,Mond F. Guo,Scott Geleynse,Karthikeyan K. Ramasamy,Michael P. Wolcott,Xiao Zhang +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a new method of applying Deep Eutectic Solvents (DES) for extracting lignin from woody biomass with high yield and high purity was reported.
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Effects of Sugar Inhibition on Cellulases and β-Glucosidase During Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Softwood Substrates
TL;DR: This study suggests that high-substrate consistency hydrolysis with supplementation of hemicellulose is likely to be a practical solution to minimizing end-product inhibition effects while producing hydrolysate with high glucose concentration.
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Catalytic Oxidation of Biorefinery Lignin to Value‐added Chemicals to Support Sustainable Biofuel Production
Ruoshui Ma,Yan Xu,Xiao Zhang +2 more
TL;DR: State-of-the-art oxidative lignin depolymerization chemistries employed in the papermaking process and oxidative catalysts that can be applied to biorefinery lignIn to produce platform chemicals including phenolic compounds, dicarboxylic acids, and quinones in high selectivity and yield are reviewed.
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An improved X-ray diffraction method for cellulose crystallinity measurement.
TL;DR: A modified X-ray diffraction method to determine cellulose crystallinity index (CrI) using Nanocrystalline cellulose derived from bleached wood pulp as a model substrate and three distinct amorphous peaks identified from new model samples is shown.