Base-induced delignification of miscanthus x giganteus studied by three-dimensional confocal raman imaging

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 4919-4925

  Chu, Li Qiang ^a   Masyuko, Rachel ^a   Sweedler, Jonathan V ^b   Bohn, Paul W ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal raman microscopy; Delignification; Lignocellulosic material; Miscanthus x giganteus; NaOH treatment

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC DISTRIBUTION; CELL WALLS; CHEMICAL CHANGE; CONFOCAL RAMAN IMAGING; CONFOCAL RAMAN MICROSCOPY; EXPOSURE-TIME; GLOBULAR STRUCTURE; INTERIOR SURFACES; LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL; MISCANTHUS; NAOH TREATMENT; PARENCHYMA CELLS; PRE-PROCESSING; PROCESSING TIME; SECTION IMAGE; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; TYPE II;

CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL ATTACK; CROPS; DELIGNIFICATION; DEPTH PROFILING; LIGNIN;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CELLULOSE; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; HEMICELLULOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANISOTROPY; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL REACTION; GRASS; HYDROXIDE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGNIN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SODIUM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS CONVERSION; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIGNIFICATION; ENERGY CROP; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; LASER; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PROCEDURES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL WALL; CELLULOSE; LASERS; LIGHT; LIGNIN; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

CELLULOSE; DELIGNIFICATION; FARM CROPS; LIGNOCELLULOSE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; WALLS;

MISCANTHUS; MISCANTHUS X GIGANTEUS;

EID: 77949874848     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.10.096     Document Type: Article

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