Lignin Isolation, Characterization and Application
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2025 | Viewed by 10
Special Issue Editor
Interests: lignocellulosic biomass; lignin isolation; pretreatment; lignin based functional materials
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Dear Colleagues,
Lignin, one of the main chemical components in biomass resources, exhibits unique structural characteristics and properties. The conversion of natural biopolymer lignin in chemicals and functional materials has raised significant and broad interest in its aromatic, anti-oxidant, and bio-degradable properties to obtain high-value-added products and to reduce greenhouse gases. There is an urgent need to develop an isolation method to produce high-quality lignin with high efficiency. More recently, lignin-based or -doped functional materials and derivatives have also attracted a significant amount of interest for replacing chemicals and materials derived from petroleum resources. Lignin is the most abundant renewable aromatic polymer on Earth, so a deep understanding of lignin’s isolation mechanism will pioneer new avenues for the development of green strategies to unleash the potential of lignin.
This Special Issue aims to cover all aspects related to recent original and cutting-edge research works focused on lignin isolation from lignocellulosic biomass or the fractionation of technical lignins and their characterization for high-value-added applications. Thus, contributions concerning, but not limited to, isolation and fractionation methods, lignin’s dissolution mechanism, structural elucidation, and novel characterization methods and lignin applications for functional materials and chemicals, as well as improvements for specific industrial applications, are particularly welcome.
Dr. Tingting You
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- lignin
- fractionation
- structural features
- characterization
- application
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