Structural and Thermal Characterization of Novel Organosolv Lignins from Wood and Herbaceous Sources

Biochemical Process Engineering, Division of Chemical Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, 97187 Luleå, Sweden

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Processes 2020, 8(7), 860; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8070860

Received: 26 June 2020 / Revised: 11 July 2020 / Accepted: 13 July 2020 / Published: 17 July 2020

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biochemical and Thermochemical Conversion Processes of Lignicellulosic Biomass Fractionated Streams)

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Abstract

This study demonstrates the effects of structural variations of lignins isolated via an organosolv process from different woody and herbaceous feedstocks on their thermal stability profiles. The organosolv lignins were first analysed for impurities, and structural features were determined using the default set of gel permeation chromatography, FT-IR spectroscopy, quantitative

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Keywords: lignin; organosolv fractionation; TGA; ³¹P NMR; HSQC; heat treatment

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Trubetskaya, A.; Lange, H.; Wittgens, B.; Brunsvik, A.; Crestini, C.; Rova, U.; Christakopoulos, P.; Leahy, J.J.; Matsakas, L. Structural and Thermal Characterization of Novel Organosolv Lignins from Wood and Herbaceous Sources. Processes 2020, 8, 860. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8070860

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Trubetskaya A, Lange H, Wittgens B, Brunsvik A, Crestini C, Rova U, Christakopoulos P, Leahy JJ, Matsakas L. Structural and Thermal Characterization of Novel Organosolv Lignins from Wood and Herbaceous Sources. Processes. 2020; 8(7):860. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8070860

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Trubetskaya, Anna, Heiko Lange, Bernd Wittgens, Anders Brunsvik, Claudia Crestini, Ulrika Rova, Paul Christakopoulos, J. J. Leahy, and Leonidas Matsakas. 2020. "Structural and Thermal Characterization of Novel Organosolv Lignins from Wood and Herbaceous Sources" Processes 8, no. 7: 860. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8070860

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