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Green Chem., 2025, 27, 4551
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A mild process for producing high-performance dissolving pulp toward highly-substituted cellulose acetate: integrated production of lignin nanoparticles and closed-loop solvent recycling

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Green Chem., 2026, 28, 1127
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Strategic design principles for greener biorefineries: a substrate–process matrix emphasizing complete lignocellulose utilization from various biomass feedstocks

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Green Chem., 2025, 27, 11581
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Comprehensive Structural Characterization of Wheat Bran Lignin

Gijs van Erven, Romy J. Veersma and Mirjam A. Kabel

J. Agric. Food Chem., 2025, 73, 9136
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Eco-friendly metal leaching from electronic waste using lactic acid-based deep eutectic solvents

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Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 2026, 51, 102391
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Detailed Characterization of the Conversion of Hardwood and Softwood Lignin by a Brown-Rot Basidiomycete

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Biomacromolecules, 2025, 26, 1063
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A biomass refining strategy combining liquid hot water and deep eutectic solvent (DES) treatment: Acetylation fractionation of uncondensed lignin by acetic anhydride DES

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Industrial Crops and Products, 2025, 234, 121614
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Diol Functionalization of Lignin during Biomass Pretreatment by Deep Eutectic Solvents for Controlled Morphology Evolution at Nanoscale

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ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2026, 14, 3802
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The acidic deep eutectic solvent fractionation strategy mediates the co-production of lignin-containing microfibrillated cellulose and lignin nanospheres from crop straw waste

Chaojie Yang, Fan Yang, Na Pan, Hongyu Yuan, Yu Zhao, Shuanglin Chen, Jinguang Hu, Sherien Elagroudyd, Mei Huang, Yongjia Lei, Dong Tian and Fei Shen

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2026, 14, 121507
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Deep eutectic solvent-enabled lignocellulosic biomass valorization: Toward understanding of biomass pretreatment, lignin dissolution, and lignin's antioxidant activity

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International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2025, 301, 140257
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Advancing pulping-based biorefining of sugarcane bagasse via sequential microwave-assisted strategies for co-production of hemicellulose and pulp

Changrong Shi, Liangliang An, Jiali Xu, Xinliang Zhu, Kai Li, Jianquan Hu, Jizhen Huang, Yuxin Liu and Zhanying Zhang

Industrial Crops and Products, 2025, 236, 122072
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Green extraction methods of fucoxanthin from brown macroalgae

Marcell Gyurkač, Taja Žitek Makoter, Miha Grilc, Blaž Likozar, Željko Knez and Maša Knez Marevci

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2025, 21, 101887
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Utilization and valorization of lignin and lignin-derived compounds by Pseudomonas putida KT2440: A new role for glutathione peroxidase

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New Biotechnology, 2026, 92, 1
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Lignin-Degrading Enzymes and the Potential of Pseudomonas putida as a Cell Factory for Lignin Degradation and Valorization

Qing Zhou, Annabel Fransen and Han de Winde

Microorganisms, 2025, 13, 935
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Urea-lactic acid as efficient lignin solvent and its practical utility in sustainable electrospinning

Marcin Wysokowski, Patrycja Frąckowiak, Tomasz Rzemieniecki, Aleksandra Sikora, Łukasz Ławniczak, Filip Kaspryszyn, Szymon Woziwodzki, Eryk Jędrzejczak, Krzysztof Nowacki, Adam Gorczyński, Michał Niemczak and Teofil Jesionowski

Industrial Crops and Products, 2024, 222, 119450
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Closed-loop biorefining of Moringa oleifera branches: unlocking nutraceutical polyphenols and fermentable sugars via NADES-mediated Cascade processing

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Food Chemistry, 2026, 499, 147388
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Fractionation of Wood Biomass With Thiolactic Acid and Choline Chloride‐Based Solvent Into White Lignin for Sustainable Cooling Applications

Juho Antti Sirviö, Mingna Liao, Donya Arjmandi, Jasmiina Haverinen, Ruijie Wu, Magnus P. Jonsson, Chunlin Xu, Ari Ämmälä and Jarkko P. Räty

ChemSusChem, 2026, 19
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Adaptable lignin-containing cellulose nanofibers: A design approach toward high-performance green electronics

Kangyun Lee, Youngho Jeon, Yuri Seo, Sunbeom Kwon, Joonhoo Jung, Seohyun Park, Suji Lee, Hyeonjin Rim, Dongryul Kim, Minseok Jeong, Seulah Lee, Jung Tae Lee, Jeonghun Kim and Jungmok You

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2025, 330, 147934
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Optimizing lignin cationization: Unveiling the impact of reaction conditions through multi-response analysis

Catarina Fernandes, Leandro Cid Gomes, Diana Bernin, Luís Alves, Bruno Medronho, Maria Graça Rasteiro and Carla Varela

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 522, 167345
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Biological acid hydrogen bond donors regulate the acceleration of lignin depolymerization and enhance the robustness of lignin nanoparticles (LNPs)

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Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 522, 167916
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In-situ lignin modification in acid-alkaline combinational pretreatment on masson pine for efficient biomass saccharification

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Renewable Energy, 2026, 257, 124736
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Strong and Weather‐Resistant Wood Bonding Enabled by Cell Wall–Inspired Ether‐Anchored Lignin

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Adv Funct Materials, 2026, 36
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Fractionation and characterization of multi-feedstock lignocellulosic biomass via two-stage pretreatment

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Biomass Conv. Bioref., 2025, 15, 18925
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Lignin separation and tailoring with phenol-assisted deep eutectic solvents for enhancing alkyl phenols yield in pyrolysis

Tingting Wang, Diyan Wang, Ziyue Chen, Chenzhou Wang, Jiaming Wang, Chao Xie, Chaofeng Zhang, Si Hong and Xiaojun Shen

Chem. Synth., 2026, 6
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A green degumming approach for lignocellulosic kenaf bast using ethanolamine deep eutectic solvent

Yan Song, Kai Nie, Pingping Ji, Changchun Sun, Puliao He, Shuai Zhang, Wei Jiang, Yuanming Zhang, Yuki Tobimatsu, Guangting Han, Arthur Ragauskas and Junzhi Ma

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2025, 311, 143717
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Computationally guided amino acid-based deep eutectic solvents for one-pot nitrogen functionalization of lignin

Xiaoyu Li, Simiao Huang, Ruijie Wu, Changhang Zhang, Chao Lyu, Hao Yao, Hailan Lian and Henrikki Liimatainen

Bioresource Technology, 2026, 444, 133934
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Choline chloride–based deep eutectic solvents in lignocellulose fractionation: two-stage antisolvent precipitation approach

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Sustainable valorization of oil palm empty fruit bunches for high-purity nitrocellulose: Optimization of acid ratios and life cycle assessment

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Integrated process for lignin depolymerization and nanoparticle production using deep eutectic solvent

Jungkyu Kim, Chaeeun Kim, Chaewoo Jeong, Sungwook Won, Seon-Gyeong Kim, Hyoseung Lim, Seojin Kim and Hyo Won Kwak

Sci Rep, 2025, 15
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Diol-deep eutectic solvent lignocellulosic fractionation for producing lignin microspheres: Influence of the lignin modification and lignocellulose type on their processes

Jinyuan Cheng, Tingjun Chen, Xuelian Zhou, Huiyang Bian, Caoxing Huang, Guigan Fang and Chen Huang

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Research progress on improving lignin pyrolysis efficiency for the production of phenolic compounds by deep eutectic solvent pretreatment: A review

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Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 2026, 193, 107370
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Acidic Deep Eutectic Solvents for Lignocellulose Pretreatment: Insights into Lignin Extraction Efficiency and Structural Transformation

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ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2025, 13, 9987
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Structure-performance relationships in lignin-derived carbon aerogels: the role of subunit composition in electrochemical behavior

Rui Lou, Kelun Feng, Longhua Dong, Long He, Yunyun Liu, Wei Chen and Yuejin Yuan

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2025, 328, 147599
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