Morphological changes in the cellulose and lignin components of biomass occur at different stages during steam pretreatment

Cellulose

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 873-878

  Pingali, Sai Venkatesh ^a   O'Neill, Hugh M ^a   Nishiyama, Yoshiharu ^b   He, Lilin ^a   Melnichenko, Yuri B ^a   Urban, Volker ^a   Petridis, Loukas ^a   Davison, Brian ^a   Langan, Paul ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHES SUR LES MACROMOLÉCULES VÉGÉTALES CERMAV CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Biomass; Cellulose; Lignin; Neutron scattering; Steam pretreatment

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BIOCONVERSION; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUTRON SCATTERING; RINGS (COMPONENTS);

BIOMASS CONVERSION; CELLULOSE MICROFIBRILS; ENZYME ACCESSIBILITY; LIGNIN COMPONENTS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PRESSURE REACTIONS; STEAM PRE TREATMENTS;

LIGNIN;

EID: 84897091889     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-013-0162-6     Document Type: Article

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