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Green Chem., 2026, 28, 4883
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Sustainable lignin–hydroxymethyl furfural-based waterborne polyurethane adhesive with high bonding strength and weather resistance

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The development of lignin towards a natural and sustainable platform for optical materials

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Green Chem., 2024, 26, 9281
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Coupling Fractionation and Depolymerization of High-Yield Lignin from Eucalyptus for Uniform Nanoparticles in Biophotonic Materials

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ACS Sustainable Resour. Manage., 2026, 3, 834
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Deep learning-assisted self-cleaning cellulose colorimetric sensor array for monitoring black tea withering dynamics

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Lignin: A multifunctional and sustainable photothermal material for solar-driven thermoelectric generation and desalination

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Multi-modal antibacterial lignin-based nanocomposites with photothermal and free radical therapy for bacterial infection treatment

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Controllable preparation of lignin-based photothermal composites based on fractionation treatment

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Lignin‐Based Photothermal Materials: Bridging Sustainability and High‐Efficiency Energy Conversion

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Advanced Science, 2025, 12
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Lignin-optimized MXene/foam pressure sensors with high-sensitivity and robust sunlight sterilization

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Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 512, 162311
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Robust Sustainable Interfacial Evaporators from Lignin for Wastewater Treatment

Chen Liu, Banggan Luo, Zikun Zou, Xiao Li, Xueqian Zhang, Yujie Li, Shaohui Xiong, Yuanting Xu, Zhen Yang and Yiwen Li

Advanced Materials, 2025, 37
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One-Pot Synthesis of Bio-Based Polyurethanes with Photothermal Functionality from Recycled Waste PET and Renewable Feedstocks

Fan Kang, Hui He, Hongyu Zhai, Huanhuan Dong, Cheng Zhang and Chuanghao Yan

ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2025, 7, 15707
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Dynamic Cross-Linked Poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) Networks via Functional Eugenol for Simultaneous Enhancement of Mechanical, Processing, and Photothermal Performance

Zi-Yang Fan, Ling Ma, Wen-Qian Lian, Bo Yin, Rui-Ying Bao, Ming-Bo Yang and Wei Yang

Macromolecules, 2025, 58, 5706
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A dual-functional modification strategy of lignin to improve anti-smudge and anti-corrosion properties in composite coating

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Recent Progress In Organic High‐Temperature Photothermal Materials

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Channel engineering accelerate vertically aligned alginate aerogel enables solar-enhanced uranium extraction from seawater

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A strategy of achieving two things at one stroke toward the lignin-based furfural resin for adhesive and photothermal conversion materials

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Comprehensive investigation of the interactions between natural rubber and lignin by molecular dynamics simulation

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Bioinspired lignin-based coatings for durable and photothermal antibacterial surfaces

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Biodegradable sodium lignosulfonate-based superabsorbent hydrogels for disposable hygiene products based on hyperbranched polyetherpolyol crosslinkers

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Engineering Renewable Lignocellulosic Biomass as Sustainable Solar-Driven Interfacial Evaporators

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Photocatalytic technology in lignin: from traditional depolymerization to actively light-driven conversion

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Adv Compos Hybrid Mater, 2025, 8
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Tannic acid-based polycarbonate networks: A sustainable material with high mechanical strength, flame retardancy, reprocessability, and photothermal self-healing properties

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European Polymer Journal, 2025, 235, 114088
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A Janus bio-based interfacial solar evaporator with wettability gradient for simultaneously efficient solar water evaporation and catalytic degradation of organic pollutants in wastewater

Guodong Tian, Chao Duan, Kang Yang, Xiaoran Nie, Bingxu Zhou, Baoke Zhao and Yonghao Ni

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Green mechano-synthesis of high-efficiency and recyclable lignin-liquid metal photothermal composites for solar-driven desalination and power generation

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Construction of lignin crosslinked nanocellulose 3D-printed solar evaporators for efficient seawater desalination via hydroxyl-yne click chemistry

Juan Yu, Xinyi Zhu, Ru Guo, Bowen Li, Liqin Jiang, Zhiguo Wang and Yimin Fan

Carbohydrate Polymers, 2026, 373, 124673
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Lignin simultaneously acts as CuS growth carrier and polyol substitute to synthesize polyurethane films with doubly enhanced photothermal conversion capacity

Pengyu Hu, Xinwen Xu, Yongchao Zhang, Zhiwei Wang and Yanzhu Guo

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2026, 14, 122469
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Emerging Photothermal Materials from Lignin and Coal for Solar Vapor Generation

Zhan‐Ku Li, Wei‐Dong Zhang, Hong‐Lei Yan, An Li, Zhi‐Ping Lei, Shi‐Biao Ren, Zhi‐Cai Wang and Heng‐Fu Shui

Adv Funct Materials, 2025, 35
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High-Value Valorization of Agricultural Waste Biomass into Lignin-Based Magnetic Nanocomposites: Multifunctional Catalytic Systems with Near-Infrared-Responsive Liquid Marbles for Controllable and Sustainable Dye Removal

Chenxi Li, Qian Ren, Jiayi Song, Xiaofeng Lyu, Liqin Liu, Zhengbai Cheng, Hao Zhang, Hongbin Liu and Xingye An

Langmuir, 2025, 41, 29913
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Carbonyl chitosan-induced solar thermal healable and ultratough organohydrogel for dual-mode energy production/storage

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Eco-friendly fabrication of multifunctional lignin-based black films for sustainable agriculture

Minting Liang, Huiqing Wei, Shiqiang Tu, Jiayi Zheng, Bole Ma, Liheng Chen and Xueqing Qiu

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Dynamic Bio‐Elastomer with Synergistic Photothermal‐Hydrophobic Properties for Sustainable Anti‐/De‐Icing

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Mechanically Robust, Reprocessable, and Light-Controlled Healable Solvent-Free Lignin-Containing Polyurethane Elastomers Based on Dynamic Phenol-Carbamate Network

Jin Peng, Haixu Wang, Shusheng Chen, Weifeng Liu and Xueqing Qiu

Macromolecules, 2025, 58, 836
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Bio‐Based Mechanically Strong Covalent Adaptable Networks for Stable‐Response Solar Harvesting

Yu Bei, Yun Hu, Lihong Hu, Meng Zhang, Puyou Jia, Ye Sha and Yonghong Zhou

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An efficient and solvent-free in-situ interfacial modification strategy for lignin/PBAT/PPC composites with synergistically enhanced mechanical, barrier, and aging-resistant performance

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Regulation of Lignin Microstructures to Construct Fully Biomass‐Based Elastomers for Large Crack Self‐Healing Artificial Muscles

Jia Xin Jiang, Xue Yi Jia, Dong Yu Zhu, Xueqing Qiu, Ming Hui Lan, Chang Li, Shusheng Chen, Weifeng Liu, Liheng Chen and Qiyu Liu

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Selective Hydrodeoxygenation of Lignin via Aryl Ether C–O Bond Cleavage: Cs-Mediated Cu Surface Engineering

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ACS Catal., 2024, 14, 18774
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Lignin-based polyurethane foam solar evaporators with synergistic photothermal conversion and salt-resistant interfaces for seawater desalination

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Supramolecular room-temperature flowable lignin (RTFL)/MXene for sustainable coatings

Shujun Tan, Hairong Wang, Zijun Mao, Chunxi Deng, Xiang Hao and Feng Peng

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2025, 305, 141120
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Superhydrophobic fire-extinguishing polyurethane foam for solar-assisted high-efficiency recovery of viscous crude oil spill

Jianhao Zhu, Menghe Zhu, Jinyang Li, Xinliang Liu, Ying Wang, Xilei Chen, Lei Liu and Pingan Song

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A One‐Stone‐Two‐Birds Strategy for Photothermal Shape Memory Polyurethane Utilizing Lignin as Monomer and Internal Photothermal Agent

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High‐Performance and Multifunctional Lignin‐Derived Polyurethane Elastomers for Robotic Flexible Protective Layers

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Synthesis of multifunctional lignin graft alternating copolymers of cyclic anhydrides and epoxides catalyzed by metal-free Lewis pairs

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Prediction of activation energy of lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis through thermogravimetry-assisted machine learning

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Functionalized hollow carbon spheres: A light-triggered smart material for controlled release of drugs in peanut growth regulation

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Recent advances on nanomaterials-based photothermal sensing systems

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Bacterial cellulose and photothermal material from biomass-based zero-waste biorefinery functionalized chitosan film for sustainable active food packaging

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Lignin‐Based Vitrimer for High‐Resolution and Full‐Component Rapidly Recycled Liquid Metal Printed Circuit

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Adv Funct Materials, 2025, 35
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Polyphenol lignin derived non-isocyanate polyurethane with mechanically robust and photothermal conversion performances

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International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2025, 310, 143259
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High-Performance Polydimethylsiloxane/Lignin Photothermal Composites Benefit from the Exceptional Photothermal Conversion of Modified Lignin

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ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2025, 7, 5634
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Photothermal‐Responsive Lignin‐Based Liquid Crystalline Elastomers: Constructing High‐Performance Artificial Muscles via a Dual Dynamic Network

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Adv Funct Materials, 2026
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Single-Solvent Fractionation of Enzymatic Hydrolyzed Lignin for Sustainable High-Performance Materials: Waterborne Polyurethane, Photothermal Coatings, and Eutectogels

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ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2025, 13, 10534
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An architected silk fibroin-lignin multilayer with deep-level trapping states for high-output triboelectric nanogenerators

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