LIGNIN: STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS, APPLICATIONS IN BIOMATERIALS AND ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE

LIGNIN: STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS, APPLICATIONS IN BIOMATERIALS AND ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: POLYVALENT LIGNIN: RECENT APPROACHES IN DETERMINATION AND APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

LIGNIN COMPOSITION

LIGNIN ANALYSES

LIGNIN APPLICATIONS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: THE DFRC (DERIVATIZATION FOLLOWED BY REDUCTIVE CLEAVAGE) METHOD AND ITS APPLICATIONS FOR LIGNIN CHARACTERIZATION

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

THE DFRC METHOD

FEATURES OF THE DFRC METHOD

APPLICATIONS OF THE DFRC METHOD

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 3: STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF LIGNIN BY SYRINGYL TO GUAIACYL RATIO AND MOLECULAR MASS DETERMINATION

ABSTRACT

LIGNIN STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION

LIGNIN DISTRIBUTION

SYRINGYL TO GUAIACYL RATIO IN LIGNINS

MOLECULAR MASS AND MOLECULAR MASS DISTRIBUTION OF LIGNINS

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 4: STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS LIGNINS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

MATERIALS AND METHODS

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 5: FULLY BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITES OF POLY(BUTYLENE SUCCINATE)/ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS LIGNIN: STRUCTURE, THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

EXPERIMENTAL

CHARACTERIZATION

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 6: PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF LIGNINS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

MATERIALS AND METHODS

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 7: KRAFT LIGNINS FROM SPENT COOKING LIQUORS: STRUCTURAL AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATION

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

THE PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY AS A SOURCE OF LIGNIN

STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF KRAFT LIGNINS

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF KRAFT LIGNINS

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 8: NOVEL DEVELOPMENTS ON THE VALORIZATION OF LIGNIN-CONTAINING PAPER MILL BY-PRODUCTS FOR THE PREPARATION OF POROUS BIOPOLYMERS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

MATERIALS AND METHODS

CHARACTERIZATION METHODS

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

PREPARATION OF EMULSION-TEMPLATED MONOLITHS FROM BLACK LIQUOR

CARBON FOAM DERIVED FROM LIGNOSULFONATES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 9: KRAFT LIGNIN AS AN ADSORBENT TO REMOVE HEAVY METAL IONS FROM WATER

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS

MATERIALS AND METHODS

RESULTS AND DISSCUSIONS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 10: LIGNIN-BASED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES AND COMPATIBILIZATION METHODS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. EFFECT OF LIGNIN INCORPORATION INTO THERMOPLASTIC MATRICES

3. COMPATIBILIZATION VIA LIGNIN MODIFICATIONS

4. COMPATIBILIZATION VIA POLYMER GRAFTING ON LIGNINS

5. COMPATIBILIZATION VIA COMPATIBILIZERS ADDITION

6. COMPATIBILIZATION FOR KRAFT LIGNIN-POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITES

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 11: ESTERIFIED KRAFT LIGNIN: A POTENTIAL COUPLING AGENT FOR WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITES (WPC)

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

COUPLING AGENTS AS MEANS OF IMPROVING THE COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THE LIGNOCELLULOSIC FIBERS AND HYDROPHOBIC MATRICES

UTILIZATION OF KRAFT LIGNIN AS COUPLING AGENT

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 12: COMPARISON OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF ESTERIFIED AND NON-ESTERIFIED KRAFT LIGNINS FOR BIOCOMPOSITE APPLICATION

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

KRAFT PROCESS

APPLICATION OF KRAFT LIGNINS

STUDY OF TWO KRAFT LIGNINS FROM QUEBEC PULP AND PAPER MILLS

MATERIALS AND METHOD

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 13: THE PYROLYSIS BEHAVIOR OF LIGNINS: CONTEMPORARY KINETICS OVERVIEW

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. PYROLYSIS OF LIGNIN

3. KINETIC STUDIES ON THE LIGNIN PYROLYSIS

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 14: LIGNIN CONTROLS ON SOIL ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOTECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN BIOFUEL CROPS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

LIGNINS IN PLANTS

ROLE OF LIGNINS IN ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

FACTORS INFLUENCING LIGNIN DYNAMICS IN SOIL

LIGNIN ALTERATION AND ITS INFLUENCES ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

INDEX