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Lignocellulosic biomass: a sustainable platform for the production of bio-based chemicals and polymers

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In this paper, the potential of lignocellulosic biomass as an alternative platform to fossil resources has been analyzed and a critical review provides insights into the potential for LBS.
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This article is published in Polymer Chemistry.The article was published on 2015-06-16 and is currently open access. It has received 1763 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Lignocellulosic biomass & Biomass.

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From medium chain fatty alcohol to jet fuel: Rational integration of selective dehydration and hydro-processing

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used middle chain fatty alcohols, which can be easily obtained from bio-synthesis and fatty acid hydro-treatment, to produce alternative jet fuels by rational integration of selective dehydration and hydro-processing.
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Life cycle assessment of bio-based levoglucosan production from cotton straw through fast pyrolysis.

TL;DR: Evaluated environmental impacts of the bio-based levoglucosan production process through fast pyrolysis of cotton straw via life cycle assessment showed that the GWP and RD were approximately 2 and 32.5 times less than that of the petroleum-based counterpart.
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Inhibition analysis of inhibitors derived from lignocellulose pretreatment on the metabolic activity of Zymomonas mobilis biofilm and planktonic cells and the proteomic responses

TL;DR: This work took the first insight into the concentration of toxic compound required to reduce the metabolic activity of Z. mobilis biofilm and planktonic cells against model toxic inhibitors derived from lignocellulosic material.
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Sustainable Production of Chemicals and Energy Fuel Precursors from Lignocellulosic Fractions

TL;DR: The most common technique for biomass fragmentation is catalytic hydrolysis using various acid catalysts covering inorganic or organic liquid acids as well as solid acids (heterogeneous) as mentioned in this paper.
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Resource recovery of lignocellulosic biomass waste into lactic acid - Trends to sustain cleaner production.

TL;DR: In this article, a review highlights the advancement of pretreatments methods of lignocellulosic biomass and biotransformation, highlighting the need to culture powerful microbial isolates, co-cultures, and mixed consortia to improve fermentation processes with the aim of optimizing cultures and feedstock pretreatment.
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Features of promising technologies for pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass.

TL;DR: This paper reviews process parameters and their fundamental modes of action for promising pretreatment methods and concludes that pretreatment processing conditions must be tailored to the specific chemical and structural composition of the various, and variable, sources of lignocellulosic biomass.
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Cellulose: Fascinating Biopolymer and Sustainable Raw Material

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Hydrolysis of lignocellulosic materials for ethanol production: a review.

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