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Title: Revisiting alkaline aerobic lignin oxidation

Abstract

Alkaline aerobic oxidation is an effective way to produce valuable aromatic chemicals from lignin.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [2];  [2]; ORCiD logo [2];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [4]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, USA, Center for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
  2. National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, USA
  3. Department of Forestry and Natural Resources and Purdue Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
  4. Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
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USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1461588
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0000997
Resource Type:
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Journal Name:
Green Chemistry
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Green Chemistry Journal Volume: 20 Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 1463-9262
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Schutyser, Wouter, Kruger, Jacob S., Robinson, Allison M., Katahira, Rui, Brandner, David G., Cleveland, Nicholas S., Mittal, Ashutosh, Peterson, Darren J., Meilan, Richard, Román-Leshkov, Yuriy, and Beckham, Gregg T. Revisiting alkaline aerobic lignin oxidation. United Kingdom: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1039/C8GC00502H.
Schutyser, Wouter, Kruger, Jacob S., Robinson, Allison M., Katahira, Rui, Brandner, David G., Cleveland, Nicholas S., Mittal, Ashutosh, Peterson, Darren J., Meilan, Richard, Román-Leshkov, Yuriy, & Beckham, Gregg T. Revisiting alkaline aerobic lignin oxidation. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8GC00502H
Schutyser, Wouter, Kruger, Jacob S., Robinson, Allison M., Katahira, Rui, Brandner, David G., Cleveland, Nicholas S., Mittal, Ashutosh, Peterson, Darren J., Meilan, Richard, Román-Leshkov, Yuriy, and Beckham, Gregg T. Mon . "Revisiting alkaline aerobic lignin oxidation". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8GC00502H.
@article{osti_1461588,
title = {Revisiting alkaline aerobic lignin oxidation},
author = {Schutyser, Wouter and Kruger, Jacob S. and Robinson, Allison M. and Katahira, Rui and Brandner, David G. and Cleveland, Nicholas S. and Mittal, Ashutosh and Peterson, Darren J. and Meilan, Richard and Román-Leshkov, Yuriy and Beckham, Gregg T.},
abstractNote = {Alkaline aerobic oxidation is an effective way to produce valuable aromatic chemicals from lignin.},
doi = {10.1039/C8GC00502H},
journal = {Green Chemistry},
number = 16,
volume = 20,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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