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Highly Efficient Depolymerization Of Kraft Lignin (Kl) And Hydrolysis Lignin (Hl) Via Hydrolysis And Oxidation, Zaid Ahmad

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Due to dwindling fossil resources, climate change and other environmental concerns as well as the toxicity of certain products derived from petroleum resources, there is a growing interest in exploring and utilizing the abundant biomass resources as alternative feedstocks for the production of bio-based chemicals and materials. Biomass is composed of three main macromolecules, namely: cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. Even though most of the initial work relating to the valorization of biomass was focused on the carbohydrate components (cellulose and hemicellulose), in the last ten years, lignin, an aromatic biopolymer, has been receiving increasingly more attention. In particular, various routes …