Physicochemical structural changes of poplar and switchgrass during biomass pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 4563-4572

  Meng, Xianzhi ^a,b   Sun, Qining ^a   Kosa, Matyas ^c,d   Huang, Fang ^c   Pu, Yunqiao ^b   Ragauskas, Arthur J ^a,b  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Renmatix   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass recalcitrance; cellulose accessibility; degree of polymerization; irreversible nonspecific binding; peeling off; Simons' stain

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BINS; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; ENZYMES; HYDROLYSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERIZATION; TRANSPORTATION;

BIOMASS RECALCITRANCES; CELLULOSE ACCESSIBILITIES; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; NON-SPECIFIC BINDING; SIMONS' STAIN;

ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS;

EID: 84985920239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b00603     Document Type: Article

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