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SUBMITTER: Kolibaba TJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9056636 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kolibaba Thomas J TJ Stevens Daniel L DL Pangburn Stephen T ST Condassamy Olivia O Camus Martin M Grau Etienne E Grunlan Jaime C JC
RSC advances 20200904 54
Lignin is one of the most abundant renewable materials on the earth. Despite possessing useful antioxidant and UV absorbing properties, its effective utilization in technology has been hampered by its relative insolubility and difficulty to process. In this work, a simple chemical derivatization process is utilized which yields water-soluble lignin possessing anionic carboxylate groups. These carboxylate groups give lignin polyanionic behavior and enable its utilization in the growth of a functi ...[more]