Advanced Research on Lignin and Nanostructured Lignin: Biodegradation, Properties and Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2024) | Viewed by 7399
Special Issue Editors
Interests: valorization of renewable polyphenols; biocatalysis; photocatalysis; organic chemistry; nanotechnology; cascade synthesis; green chemistry; natural substances
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Interests: heterogeneous biocatalysis; green chemistry; applied photochemistry; nanomaterials; bioorganic chemistry; chemistry of lignocellulosic biomass; bioactive molecules; advanced nuclear magnetic resonance
Interests: organic chemistry; bioorganic chemistry; chemistry of natural substances and catalysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Lignin is the most abundant polyphenol in nature. The pulp, paper, and biofuel industries generate lignin as waste in high amounts. For this reason, the design of novel processes for the valorization of lignin plays a key role in circular economy and green chemistry. Among them, the biodegradation of lignin is an important tool for the transformation of the starting material in order to produce high added fine chemicals, facilities, and commodities. In addition, present-day innovative nanotechnology has increased the chemical potentiality of biodegraded lignin by opening the way for the preparation of nanostructures characterized by improved chemophysical, rheological, and electrochemical properties.
This Special Issue welcomes experimental studies focusing their attention on the following topics:
- frontiers in the production of added value compounds by microbial degradation of lignin (including biofuel);
- role of redox enzymes or lignin-degrading auxiliary enzymes for the production of commodities and aromatic compounds;
- fractionation process of biodegraded lignin and successive nanotechnology and nano-biotechnology applications;
- application of biodegraded lignin in material sciences and biosensors;
- application of biodegraded lignin in biocatalysis and biomedical devices.
Original studies and comprehensive reviews on these topics will be accepted for the Special Issue in order to update our knowledge regarding the sustainable applications of biodegraded lignin.
Dr. Eliana Capecchi
Dr. Davide Piccinino
Prof. Dr. Raffaele Saladino
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polyphenols
- lignin valorization
- lignin biodegradation
- lignin fractionations
- lignin fine chemicals
- lignin nanostructures
- lignin advanced applications
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